Kisscut - (Grant County Thrillers) by Karin Slaughter (Paperback)

About the Book

Sara Linton, her police chief ex-husband, and detective Lena Adams delve into the heart of a quagmire surrounding the death of a young girl.

Book Synopsis

The second heart stopping Grant County novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Karin Slaughter, featuring Sara Linton of the acclaimed Will Trent Series.

"Karin Slaughter is a fearless writer. She takes us to the deep, dark places other novelists don't dare to go. Kisscut will cement her reputation as one of the boldest thriller writers working today." -- Tess Gerritsen

In this chilling follow-up to Blindsighted, Sara Linton, her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and detective Lena Adams are caught in an evil web involving a young girl who commits suicide by forcing a cop to shoot her. Shouldering the political aftermath, Jeffrey struggles to understand the victim's desperation. So does Sara, the girl's pediatrician and now her coroner, who soon discovers that the suicide was linked to a brutal crime--one far more terrifying than anyone could have imagined. Yet neither Jeffrey nor Sara know that their colleague, Lena, may unwittingly harbor the truth as she finds herself drawn to a young man who might hold the answers--and Lena's future--in his hands.

From the Back Cover

Gillian Flynn says, "Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today."

Saturday night dates at the skating rink have long been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver find themselves entangled in a terrible tragedy.

Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime, one more shocking than anyone could have imagined. Meanwhile, Detective Lena Adams, recovering from a staggering personal loss, finds herself drawn to a young man who might hold the answers. But unless Lena, Sara, and Jeffrey can uncover the dark truth, someone will die again.

Mercilessly suspenseful, utterly moving, this is a searing thriller from one of the world's most talented suspense writers.

Review Quotes

"KISSCUT is a great read. Karin Slaughter deserves all the praise she gets for her razor-sharp plotting and forensic detail. But for me the hook is in her characters and relationships. They are right on the mark. This is crime fiction at its finest." - Michael Connelly
"With Blindsighted, Karin Slaughter left a great many thriller writers looking anxiously over their shoulders. With KISSCUT, she leaves them behind... It succeeds brilliantly." - John Connolly
"An impressive new landmark on the thriller map." - Val McDermid
"KISSCUT out Cornwells Cornwell for forensic shivers and out-Harrisses Harris for psychopathic outrageousness. But Slaughter's series also has an attraction found in neither Cornwell nor Harris: Amusing dialogue and situations that arise naturally from her engaging characters and surprisingly inviting settings." - Book Street USA
"Engrossing...[with] meticulous characterizations." - People
"Creepiness spreads like kudzu in Slaughter's small-town setting." - Washington Post Book World
"Karin Slaughter is a fearless writer. She takes us to the deep, dark places other novelists don't dare to go. Kisscut will cement her reputation as one of the boldest thriller writers working today." - Tess Gerritsen
"Slaughter delivers a noir thriller complete with a brooding atmosphere that veers into Southern gothic tradition...[She] gives us an understanding about victims that only a well-constructed hard-boiled novel can. This is a novel that has staying power, because she makes us care so much about the characters." - Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Impossible to put down... Slaughter hits all the buttons, providing an original and well-plotted story that doesn't let up until the final sentence." - The Orlando Sentinel
"Hard to imagine that such a quiet, shy girl as Slaughter harbors so fiendish a heart...Man, KISSCUT is a killer book, savage but exciting, a strong follow-up to Slaughter's debut in Blindsighted." - Albany Times Union
"Few young writers show more promise than the thirty-year-old Slaughter. She writes...with skill, anger, sensitivity, and compassion." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The undertone of violence is pervasive, even at quiet moments, amplifying Slaughter's equation of intimacy with menace and placing her squarely in the ranks of Cornwell and Reichs." - Publishers Weekly
"A fast-paced thriller for those not faint of heart." - Library Journal
"It's not easy to transcend a model like Patricia Cornwell, but Slaughter does so in a thriller whose breakneck plotting and not-for-the-sqeamish forensics provide grim manifestations of a deeper evil her mystery trumpets without ever quite containing." - Kirkus Reviews
"A tension-filled narrative with plenty of plot twists...This is just the ticket for readers who like their crime fiction on the dark side." - Booklist
"Though her forensics and investigative writing place her in a league with Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs, Slaughter's tweaking of the human condition is key to making her a uniquely original voice in the world of mystery and suspense." - Mississippi Clarion Ledger