Product Description

Set in Atlanta and featuring maverick Special Agent Will Trent from Triptych, this is vintage Karin Slaughter - a fast-paced, utterly compelling read. A seventeen-year-old girl is found murdered in her home by her mother. At first the Atlanta police believe it is a simple case of one victim, one killer. But when more girls of a similar age and profile start getting picked off, one by one, they realise they are dealing with a brutal serial killer. And the young female rookie detective heading up the case suddenly finds herself out of her depth. Atlanta Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team is quickly brought in to help the investigation. But with the body count mounting and the local community frozen in terror the killer is proving almost impossible to trace.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1072256 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

From the Inside Flap
A broken window. A bloody footprint. Just the beginning…

When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail’s life forever.

When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl’s life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team – teamed with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting.

But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta’s wealthiest, most privileged communities – before it’s too late…

From the Back Cover
When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail’s life forever.

When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl’s life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team – teamed with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting.

But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta’s wealthiest, most privileged communities – before it’s too late…

About the Author
Karin Slaughter grew up in a small south Georgia town and has been writing since she was a child. She is the author of the Grant County series of international bestsellers Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear, Indelible, Faithless and Skin Privilege, and the bestselling thriller set in Atlanta, Triptych. She is also the editor of Like a Charm, a collaboration of British and American crime fiction writers. She lives in Atlanta.

Customer Reviews

Fractured
When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever. When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl's life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team - teamed with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting. But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta's wealthiest, most privileged communities - before it's too late.

This is the second book in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series. I thought this book was really good it was full of Slaughters trademark twists and turns and the 2 leading detectives were absolutely believable and highly readable. I think the story line is really good and again, believable as we follow the effects of the tragedy on the surrounding environments. While this is the second Will Trent book it would be just as good as a standalone.
Karin Slaughter really is a breathtaking talent in the genre and definately one of the best at it, definately worth a read.

Good read, but unsure.....
Huge Karin Slaughter fan I must say before I review. Was VERY excited and waited with baited breath for her new book. Maybe the reason I cannot decide how to rate this book is because I truly do love the characters Sara, Jeffrey and Lena. Having said that this story features Will Trent who as a standalone character (featuring in Triptych) is a great guy. I love the fact that Slaughter does not go overboard with her characters being perfect. This story was definately a page turner and a great read, I just think I miss the characters from previous books such as Kisscut and A Faint Cold Fear

An exciting and engrossing thriller that is hard to put down.
Karin Slaughter's books are always engrossing thrillers which grab you from the first few pages and keep you gripped - desperate to know what will happen next - and `Fractured' is no exception to the rule. As one would expect of her books, the writing is spot on, the tone of mystery is gripping, and the characters are well drawn.

So how does it start? Well, imagine walking into your house to find your seventeen year old daughter lying dead on the floor and her murderer standing over her. How would you react? In the opening chapter of this intriguing thriller, a mother, Abigail Campano, walks into her house to encounter that exact situation. Her reactions, although perfectly understandable, will change her life for ever. A struggle ensues, during which she ends up murdering the intruder in what appears to be an act of self defence.

But surely this is where the book should end, not where it should open?
Not at all. Before we get very much further through the book, complications set in and we find out that everything is not quite as it seemed. It doesn't really give any secrets away to warn you that the first twists in the plot come very early on. The investigators, Will Trent and his new partner Faith Mitchell find themselves dealing with a kidnapping case in addition to the murder, where they are not only chasing the real murderer, but also trying to find a kidnapped girl, before it is too late. Twists and turns occur in the plot until the denouement - which is as gripping as the rest of the novel.

For regular readers of Karin Slaughter's books, you might like to know that this is not part of the series involving Sarah Linton and Jeffrey Tulliver. Instead, she has returned to characters introduced in `Triptych' - in particular to Special Agent Will Trent. However, he is just as interesting and well written a character - and you can't help but like him as he struggles to overcome (and hide) his dyslexia.
Read it and enjoy it - but don't expect to be able to put it down too easily - and if you are the parent of a teenage girl, don't expect to find it an easy book to read.

Postscript to this review - I just passed it to my Mum to read (her first Karin Slaughter book) - she read it in two days and found it as engrossing as I did. She now wants to read more of Karin Slaughter's books.