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La nueva y deslumbrante novela de una de las autoras más vendidas del panorama literario internacional: un thriller absorbente que mezcla el suspense psicológico con la investigación de un misterio sin resolver.Dos niñas son obligadas a internarse en el bosque a punta de pistola. Una huye para salvar su vida. La otra se queda atras.Hace veintiocho años, un crimen horrendo sacudio la feliz vida familiar de Charlotte y Samantha Quinn. Su madre resulto muerta. Su padre, un conocido abogado defensor de Pikeville, quedo roto de dolor. La familia se deshizo irremediablemente, consumida por los secretos de aquella noche pavorosa.Transcurridos veintiocho años, Charlie se ha convertido en abogada siguiendo los pasos de su padre. Es la hija ideal. Pero cuando la violencia vuelve a cebarse en Pikeville y una espantosa tragedia azota la localidad, Charlie se ve inmersa en una pesadilla. No solo es la primera persona en llegar a la escena del crimen, sino que el caso desata los recuerdos que ha intentado mantener a raya durante casi tres decadas. Porque la sorprendente verdad sobre el acontecimiento que destruyo su familia no puede permanecer oculta eternamente.Repleta de giros y vuelcos inesperados y rebosante de emocion, La buena hija es una novela apasionante: suspense en estado puro....

The stunning new standalone, with a chilling edge of psychological suspense, from the No. 1 bestelling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series.Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn''s happy smalltown family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead.It left their father - Pikeville''s notorious defence attorney - devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father''s footsteps to become a lawyer herself - the archetypal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again - and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatised - Charlie is plunged into a nightmare.

THE GOOD DAUGHTER

Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues - and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal - but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things dont add up.

When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton - paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, but the children surrounding the victim close ranks.

Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlantas Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror.

Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to forget her childhood in Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. Shes made a new life for herself as a police detective in Heartsdale, a hundred miles away - but nothing could prepare her for the violence which explodes when she is forced to return.

Una preciosa joven iba caminando por la calle cuando de repente...Julia Carroll sabe que muchas historias comienzan así. Bella e inteligente, a sus diecinueve años, recién llegada a la universidad, deberia vivir despreocupadamente. Pero tiene miedo. Porque en su ciudad estan desapareciendo chicas muy jovenes. Primero fue Beatrice Oliver, una estudiante. Luego Mona Sin Apellido, una joven sin techo. Las dos desaparecidas en plena calle. Las dos sin dejar rastro.Julia esta decidida a averiguar los motivos que se ocultan detras de las desapariciones. Y no quiere ser la siguiente...Una preciosa joven iba caminando por la calle cuando de repente...Julia Carroll sabe que muchas historias comienzan así. Bella e inteligente, a sus diecinueve años, recién llegada a la universidad, deberia vivir despreocupadamente. Pero tiene miedo. Porque en su ciudad estan desapareciendo chicas muy jovenes. Primero fue Beatrice Oliver, una estudiante. Luego Mona Sin Apellido, una joven sin techo. Las dos desaparecidas en plena calle. Las dos sin dejar rastro.Julia esta decidida a averiguar los motivos que se ocultan detras de las desapariciones. Y no quiere ser la siguiente...

The latest novel in the Will Trent series from No. 1 bestelling author, Karin Slaughter.A body is discovered in an empty Atlanta warehouse. It''s the body of an ex-cop, and from the moment Special Agent Will Trent walks in he knows this could be the most devastating case of his career. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim - a woman - has left the scene and vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city''s biggest, most politically-connected, most high-profile athlete - a local hero protected by the world''s most expensive lawyers. A local hero Will has spent the last six months investigating on a brutal rape charge.But for Will - and also for Dr Sara Linton, the GBI''s newest medical examiner - the case is about to get even worse. Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a personal link to Will''s troubled past. The consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues.But Sara''s scene-of-the-crime diagnosis is that they only have a few hours to find the missing woman before she bleeds out...

Karin Slaughter, author of the bestselling Will Trent novels, is widely acclaimed as one of the best crime novelists in America (The Washington Post). Now she delivers her first stand-alone novel: an epic story of a city in the midst of seismic upheaval, a serial killer targeting cops, and a divided police force tasked with bringing a madman to justice.Atlanta, 1974: As a brutal murder and a furious manhunt rock the citys police department, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the job will also be her last. Shes determined to defy her privileged background by making her own waywearing a badge and carrying a gun. But for a beautiful young woman, life will be anything but easy in the macho world of the Atlanta PD, where even the female cops have little mercy for rookies. Its also the worst day possible to start given that a beloved cop has been gunned down, his brothers in blue are out for blood, and the city is on the edge of war.Kate isnt the only woman on the force whos feeling the heat. Maggie Lawson followed her uncle and brother into the ranks to prove her worth in their cynical eyes. When she and Kate, her new partner, are pushed out of the citywide search for a cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach the boiling point. With a killer poised to strike again, they will pursue their own line of investigation, risking everything as they venture into the citys darkest heart.Relentlessly paced, acutely observed, wickedly funny, and often heartbreaking, Cop Town is Karin Slaughters most powerful novel yeta tour de force of storytelling from our foremost master of character, atmosphere, and suspense.

Atlanta, 1974. As a brutal killing and a furious manhunt rock the city, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the police force will also be her last. For life is anything but easy in the male-dominated world of the Atlanta Police Department, where even the other female cops have little mercy for the new girl.Kate isnt the only woman on the force who is finding things tough. Maggie Lawson followed her uncle and brother into the ranks to prove her worth in their cynical eyes. When Maggie and Kate become partners, and are sidelined in the search for the citys cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach boiling point.With the killer poised to strike again, will Kate and Maggie have the courage to pursue their own line of investigation? And are they prepared to risk everything as they venture into the citys darkest heart?

El descubrimiento de un asesinato en una obra abandonada conduce a Will Trent y al Georgia Bureau of Investigation a un caso que se convierte en mucho más peligroso cuando el cadáver es identificado como el de un ex policia.Tras hacer la autopsia, Sara Linto ?la nueva forense del GBI y amante de Will? descubre que la ingente cantidad de sangre encontrada no pertenece a la victima. Con seguridad, un rastro de sangre que sale fuera de la escena del crimen indica que hay otra victima, una mujer que ha desaparecido? y que si no la encuentran pronto, morira.La escena del crimen pertenece al habitante mas famoso de la ciudad: un rico, poderoso, bien conectado atleta protegido por los abogados mas caros de Estados Unidos, un hombre que ya se habia librado de un caso de violacion pese a los esfuerzos de Will por encarcelarle.Pero lo peor esta aun por venir. Las pruebas pronto vinculan el pasado turbulento de Will con el caso? y las consecuencias caeran sobre su vida con la fuerza de un tornado causando estragos en Will y en todos aquellos que estan a su alrededor, incluyendo a sus colegas, familiares, amigos e incluso a los sospechosos que persigue.Un suspense implacable y con un ritmo frenetico, habitado por personajes en conflicto que cobran vida mas alla de las paginas.La mujer ocult...

The latest novel in the Will Trent series from No. 1 bestselling author, Karin Slaughter. A body is discovered in an empty Atlanta warehouse. It's the body of an ex-cop, and from the moment Special Agent Will Trent walks in he knows this could be the most devastating case of his career. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim - a woman - has left the scene and vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city's biggest, most politically-connected, most high-profile athlete - a local hero protected by the world's most expensive lawyers. A local hero Will has spent the last six months investigating on a brutal rape charge. But for Will - and also for Dr Sara Linton, the GBI's newest medical examiner - the case is about to get even worse. Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a personal link to Will's troubled past. The consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues. But Sara's scene-of-the-crime diagnosis is that they only have a few hours to find the missing woman before she bleeds out..

You’ve known her your whole life… Andrea Oliver knows everything about her mother Laura. She knows she''s always lived in the small town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s a pillar of the community; she

Karin SlaughterSomeone had spent time with her - someone well-practiced in the art of pain... Three years ago former Grant Country medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working at a doctor in Atlanta's Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in to the emergency room, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror. The woman has been hit by a car but it soon becomes clear that she has also been brutally attacked. Her body is covered in old bruises and blood, her face is clawed, there are tears in her skin as if hooks had been embedded in her flesh and a rib has been forcibly removed. When Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Investigation Team returns to the scene of the accident he stumbles on a torture chamber deep underground, and it becomes clear that Sara's patient is just the first victim of a sick, sadistic killer .

When medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver take a trip away from the small town of Heartsdale, it should be a straightforward weekend at the beach. But they decide to take a detour via Jeffreys hometown and things go violently wrong when Jeffreys best friend Robert shoots dead an intruder who breaks into his home.

Will Trent and Sara Linton are back! This is the 11th electrifying thriller featuring GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton from the international no.1 bestselling author Karin

Welcome to the luxury McAlpine LodgeNestled in the misty mountains, its the perfect getaway. Until a womans body is found.Everyone is a suspect.The cruel father.The toxic mother.The bitter family.The silent staff.The suspicious guests.Each of them is guilty of something. But only one is a killer. Youll never guess who