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Girl, Forgotten

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What to expect

The stunning new thriller from international No.1 bestseller Karin Slaughter, author of Pieces of Her, now a major Netflix series

A girl with a secret…
Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.

A murder that remains a mystery…
Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change.

One final chance to uncover a killer…
Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too…

A Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 20/05/2018, 23/06/2019, 28/06/2020, and 04/07/2021

‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret

‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal

‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times

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‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret

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‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal

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‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times

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Praise for Karin Slaughter

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‘Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next’ Cara Hunter, author of All the Rage

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‘Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous’ Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, The Serial Killer

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‘Absorbing’ Sunday Times

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‘I’d follow her anywhere’ Gillian Flynn

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‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ Tess Gerritsen

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‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ Michael Connelly

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‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child

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‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ Kathy Reichs

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‘Fiction doesn't get any better than this’ Jeffery Deaver

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‘A great writer at the peak of her powers’ Peter James

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'Karin Slaughter has – by far – the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson

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‘It’s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody – like a perfectly cooked steak’ Stuart MacBride

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‘The queen of the explosive thriller’ Good Housekeeping

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‘Rich characters and deft plotting make this an unputdownable story that will move you to the core. This is Slaughter's best yet’ Camilla Lackberg, author of the Fjallbacka series

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‘A twisty, searingly contemporary mystery steeped in a dark past…catches your breath and keeps you gasping and guessing until the end’ Stacey Abrams, author of While Justice Sleeps

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‘Karin Slaughter is a master of the thriller genre’ Francesca Momplaisir, author of My Mother’s House

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‘Gripping, gruesome and emotionally powerful, this is Slaughter doing what she does best’ Mail on Sunday

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‘As sharp and absorbing as ever’ Guardian

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‘Slaughter’s novel is both a page-turner and a protest about how often sexual violence is overlooked’ Sunday Times

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Slow burner at first and did take a while to get going but then it was fantastic
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