Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5341 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
When so many top-selling names in the crime genre have been showing signs of exhaustion lately, it's always refreshing to pick up a new Karin Slaughter and find that her writing is as laser-sharp as ever. Faithless may feature the author’s familiar protagonists (police chief Jeffrey Tolliver and medical examiner Sara Linton) but Slaughter consistently finds new challenges for her characters, along with new facets of their ever-fluid relationship.

Those weaned on the grisly delights of such Slaughter outings as Blindsighted and Kisscut will know what to expect. And if the novel starts a tad implausibly (Tolliver and Linton, walking in the woods, come across the corpse of a young woman--what are the odds against that?), we're more than prepared to forgive Slaughter this device, when the ever-tightening grip of the narrative takes hold. The duo looks at the evidence, and concludes that the young girl has been literally frightened to death. But during the course of an autopsy, Sara makes a startling discovery--one that gives even the unshockable pathologist pause. She and Tolliver find that there is a trail of evidence leading to a secluded community in the next county, and decide to call in talented detective Lena Adams to aid them. But as the trio draw nearer to the heart of a grim mystery, a destabilising element threatens to undercut their work: Lena’s increasing instability.

While there is nothing particularly groundbreaking in this latest outing for Slaughter, all the customary skills are firmly in place. A particular achievement (as so often with this author) is the faultless pacing of the narrative: the slow, steady accruing of detail has the reader on the point of impatience, when a brilliantly orchestrated set piece will be delivered. Perhaps Karin Slaughter's run of luck will come to an end at some point--but not with this book. --Barry Forshaw

Michael Connelly
'Crime fiction at its finest'

Michael Connelly
'Crime fiction at its finest'

Customer Reviews

INCREDIBLY GOOD BOOK
Like all her previous Grant County books - it was an amazing read. Couldn't it put it down - read it in 3 days . Can't wait to read Skin Privilege. Keep it up Ms Slaughter !

Not too bad but...
Not too bad in terms of plot, though the characters are a little weak. My main bone of contention, however, petty as it may seem, is Slaughter's insistence on culling character names from Wuthering Heights. It is neither intelligent nor in any way endearing, it is just an annoying unnecessary shattering of the whole suspension of disbelief. Bah!

GRIPPING. COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN
I found this book impossible to put down, it was brilliant, I felt I knew the characters in this book......

Only, i felt the end was a little rushed, but a fantastic read all the same