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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.

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 GOOD DAUGHTER

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.

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 .

The breathtaking new thriller from the 1 bestselling author of Triptych. When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare- her teenage daughter is lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent, paired with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting. 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...

Cuando aparece el cuerpo de una joven bajo las aguas congeladas del lago Grant, una nota que se encuentra bajo una piedra en las proximidades apunta a que se trata de un suicidio. Pero en muy poco tiempo, esta hipótesis da paso a otra mucho más posible: un brutal asesinato a sangre fría. La doctora del condado de Grant, Sara Linton, se ve envuelta en el caso casi sin quererlo. El principal sospechoso pide con desesperación reunirse con ella, pero cuando Sara llega a la comisaría de policía, se encuentra con que el sospechoso está muerto en su celda, y las palabras «no he sido yo» están escritas en las paredes. Poco después, el agente especial Will Trent regresa apresuradamente de sus vacaciones para investigar, tras la llamada de Sara, pero no contaba con topar con una pared de silencio. Y la única persona que podría ayudar a aclarar lo que realmente sucedió está muerta…

Karin Slaughter ha sido considerada sucesora del estilo de Patricia Cornwell, pero no es verdad: es mejor.En esta serie Slaughter junta a los personajes más queridos y populares de sus anteriores series y el resultado es explosivo.La ultima novela de Slaughter es una lectura fascinante sobre como dos personajes con sus propias debilidades se juntan para combatir la maldad absoluta. PeopleKarin Slaughter es una de las mejores escritoras de genero criminal de los Estados Unidos The Washington PostEn la sala de urgencias del hospital mas ajetreado de Atlanta, la doctora Sara Linton se ocupa de una mujer muy malherida: desnuda y con evidentes signos de haber sido torturada, esta claro que ha sido presa de una mente retorcida. El detective Will Trent, de la Oficina estatal de Investigacion de Georgia y su compañera Faith Mitchell, comienzan la investigacion de los hechos pero enseguida se dan cuenta de que la terrible realidad es que la paciente de Sara tan solo es una de las multiples victimas de un asesino cruel y sadico. Ademas muy pronto, otra mujer inteligente, atractiva y bien situada es secuestrada. Will y su compañera Faith Mitchell se encuentran en el ojo de un huracan para dar caza y captura a un asesino.

Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to escape her past. She has only unhappy memories of Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She''s 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. A vicious murder leaves a young woman incinerated beyond recognition. And Lena is the only suspect. When Heartsdale police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena''s boss, receives word that his detective has been arrested, he has no choice but to go to Lena''s aid - taking with him his wife, medical examiner Sara Linton. But soon after their arrival, a second victim is found. The town closes ranks. And both Jeffrey and Sara find themselves entangled in a horrifying underground world of bigotry and rage - a violent world which shocks even them. A world which puts their own lives in jeopardy. Only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies, betrayal and brutality that has trapped her. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again?

With over seven million copies of her books sold in twenty-two countries, #1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter delivers "crime fiction at its finest." Now she returns to Grant county, Georgia where the lightning-fast plot, vivid forensic detail, and heart-stopping suspense will thrust readers into the darkest corners of their own imaginations--and push Slaughter to the top of the national bestseller lists. Sara Linton--resident medical examiner/pediatrician in Grant County, Georgia, --has plenty of hardship to deal with, including defending herself in a heartbreaking malpractice suit. So when her husband, Police chief Jeffery Tolliver, learns that his friend and coworker detective Lena Adams has been arrested for murder and needs Sara''s help, she is not sure she can handle the pressure of it all. But soon Sara an Jeffery are sitting through evidence, peeling back the layers of a mystery that grows darker by the day--until an intricate web of betrayal and vengeance begins to unravel. And suddenly the lives of Sara, Lena, and Jeffery are hanging by the slenderest of threads.

Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to escape her past.She has only unhappy memories of Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's 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.A vicious murder leaves a young woman incinerated beyond recognition. And Lena is the only suspect. When Heartsdale police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena's boss, receives word that his detective has been arrested, he has no choice but to go to Lena's aid taking with him his wife, medical examiner Sara Linton. But soon after their arrival, a second victim is found. The town closes ranks. And both Jeffrey and Sara find themselves entangled in a horrifying underground world of bigotry and rage a violent world which shocks even them. A world which puts their own lives in jeopardy. Only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies, betrayal and brutality that has trapped her. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again?

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.