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Girl, Forgotten: The gripping new latest 2022 crime suspense thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Hardcover – 23 Jun. 2022

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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…

‘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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23 Jun. 2022
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15.9 x 3.5 x 24 cm
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0008303568
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978-0008303563
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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

‘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

Praise for Karin Slaughter

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

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

‘Absorbing’ Sunday Times

‘I’d follow her anywhere’ Gillian Flynn

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

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

‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child

‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ Kathy Reichs

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

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

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

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

‘The queen of the explosive thriller’ Good Housekeeping

‘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

‘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

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

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

‘As sharp and absorbing as ever’ Guardian

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

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; First Edition, First Impression (23 Jun. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0008303568
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008303563
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.9 x 3.5 x 24 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 193 in Psychological Fiction (Books)
- 224 in Women Sleuths (Books)
- 314 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)

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Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, her 21 novels include the Grant County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated COP TOWN and the instant NYT bestselling stand-alone novels PRETTY GIRLS, THE GOOD DAUGHTER, and PIECES OF HER. Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta. Her stand-alone novel PIECES OF HER is in development with Netflix, starring Toni Collette, and the Grant County and Will Trent series are in development for television.

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Good - though perhaps more drawn out than it really needed to be.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2022

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Rating: 3.3/5

I have not read "Pieces of Her", nor have I seen the Netflix adaptation of it, so I came to this book with no prior knowledge of the character of Andrea Oliver. If you find yourself in the same situation, then I am pleased to say that I didn't find that it was a barrier to enjoying "Girl, Forgotten" in its own right. Of course, it is perfectly possible that readers familiar with book one may have been able to appreciate certain elements more fully, but Karin Slaughter does a perfectly decent job of introducing the essential background information into the narrative, so that new readers are put suitably in the picture. That aspect aside, the central mystery contained in "Girl, Forgotten" works perfectly well in isolation and does not require you to be familiar with the first book in the series.

There is a lot to like about this novel. The core structure is essentially that of a procedural (it cannot really be referred to as a "police procedural", because the investigating officers are US Marshals rather than police officers). The narrative alternates between two timeframes - the present day and the time around the murder of Emily Vaughn in 1982. I liked the nostalgic elements of the 1982 sections and readers of a certain age will, no doubt, take some pleasure in being reminded of some of the socio-cultural references made. I also admired the characterisation of the two lead investigators in the contemporary setting - Andrea Oliver and her experienced partner, Deputy Leonard "Catfish" Bible. The relationship and interaction between the two is skilfully portrayed and suggests that the author may have been laying the foundations for future books featuring this pair.

The aspect that I was less taken with was the pace of the novel. There were periods in the central block of the story when it felt more drawn out than it really needed to be and this detracted from the overall impact of the narrative. I have made a similar observation when reviewing Karin Slaughter's writing previously, so it does appear to be a deliberate stylistic choice on her part. Nonetheless, this is a well-structured and enjoyable story that is well worth adding to your reading list.

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Great sequel and fab to see development of characters old and new

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2022

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Thank you to the author, publishers Harper Collins and NetGalley UK for access to this as an advance reader’s ebook. This is an honest and voluntary review.

I’m glad I recently watched the Netflix adaptation of Karin Slaughter’s prequel to this one, Pieces of Her, because it helped refresh my memory of Andrea Oliver and her discovery about the lies her mother told and how they influenced her life.

In Girl, Forgotten we see the aftermath as a few years later Andrea is completing her training to become a US Marshal. Her first job sees her assigned to judge security in her biological father’s home town and with a side mission to discover if her father was responsible for the murder of the judge’s teenage daughter in the early ‘80s.

I really enjoyed the glimpses back to the lead up to the original crime. They were a great way to get to know Emily, the murdered girl, and offer a heartbreaking insight into how painful it is for a teenager to be ostracised by her friends and family.

As ever Karin Slaughter doesn’t shy away from the darkness in people, even the unintentional darkness and hurt which comes from self-interestedness.

Great plot, well told, and nice to see these characters return and be joined by new ones. I particularly hope we get to see Andrea’s Marshal partner Leonard ‘Catfish’ Bible return in any sequels. I loved him.

Also very excited to see in the author acknowledgements a teaser that a new Will and Sara book is in the future. I was worried those characters might have been retired, but thankfully it looks like we’ll welcome them back soon.

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Karin Slaughter at her very best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2022

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Honestly, at this point, I’m pretty sure that Karin Slaughter could write a grocery list and I’d devour it and love it and sing its praises because she is just that good. She’s been my favourite author for decades and while some may come close, she is still hanging on to that spot. However, if I were forced to tell you which novel of hers would be my least favourite, I would probably say ‘Pieces of Her‘, which didn’t bode well since ‘Girl, Forgotten‘ is a follow-up. I thoroughly enjoyed the plot and the writing as I always do, and it even received five stars from me but boy, was that Andy character an annoying pile of utter aggravating annoyance. Case in point, I didn’t even make it through the second episode of the Netflix series because I was instantly reminded of why I didn’t like her. So I wasn’t at all thrilled to have to hang out with Andy again!

Andy desperately needed to grow up and to my surprise, it looks like she may have listened. At the beginning of ‘Girl, Forgotten‘, Andy is just about to graduate as a US Marshall, much to the chagrin of her mother. Her first assignment seems straightforward enough : to protect a judge who is receiving death threats. But in reality, Andy is there to find out the truth about what happened to the judge’s daughter forty years ago and if Andy’s father, currently lounging in prison, might have had something to do with it.

You could have knocked me over with a feather when I realised that Andy wasn’t nearly as annoying as I remembered her to be. In fact, I actually quite liked her this time around. I really enjoyed watching her trying to find her feet in her newly chosen career and learning the ropes from her partner, Bible, who is the absolute bee’s knees! Bible is one of those characters who gets the reader on side from the second he arrives on the page with genuine warmth and a healthy dose of humour. I do so hope we get to see more of him in the future. Anyway, this Andy is nothing like past Andy. She is learning from her mistakes, she is seeing things from different perspectives, she’s showing how smart she is and she is determined to bring her first assignment to a good end. She grew up.

Unfortunately, forty years ago, a seventeen year old girl called Emily wasn’t as lucky. She would never grow up. She would never even see her eighteenth birthday because by the end of prom night, Emily would be dead. Discarded like trash in a dumpster. Her tight-knit group of friends, her clique, closed ranks. Life in the town of Longbill Beach moved on and Emily’s murder was never solved. Will Andy be able to bring closure to Emily’s family and finally get Emily’s so-called friends to talk about that night?

Friends. Ugh. With friends like those, who the hell needs enemies. The clique, minus Emily, is comprised of four of the most toxic and awful people ever! It’s true for them as teenagers and they didn’t get any better as adults. It absolutely makes sense to think right from the beginning that one of them is responsible for the things that happened to Emily. But if so, which one? Or are they all in it together? And what about Emily’s teacher, who left the school shortly after she died? And how does any of this involve Andrea’s father? Every time I thought I was getting a handle on things, I started to have doubts again. Everyone in this small town is a suspect.

I absolutely devoured ‘Girl, Forgotten‘. I loved both the present and past chapters equally and that hardly ever happens. There is so much harmful and destructive behaviour in this novel. It’s not only in the actions of the clique but also in Emily’s home environment. Her mother, a judge, whose career will always be more important than anything else. Who puts appearances above a healthy family life. It broke my heart to see that the only person Emily could ever turn to was her grandmother, who suffered from dementia. There are a multitude of skeletons in cupboards that will be discovered as Andy’s investigation continues and it makes you wonder how different things could have been if people had just been willing to put the truth out there. Maybe Emily would still have been alive.

‘Girl, Forgotten‘ is another compelling and cleverly plotted novel from Karin Slaughter. I have said it before and I’ll say it again: she can do no wrong in my eyes. I didn’t think I wanted to spend more time with Andy but I was proven wrong. Furthermore, I’m actually looking forward to hanging out with her again and if the last few pages are anything to go by, …. well, I’ll leave you to find out for yourselves.

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