There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct. Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn’t see is her mother. . . .
"You know what we’re here for. Hand it over, and we’ll let her go."
When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions, not enough answers. To find her mother, she’ll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and they’ll both need the help of trauma doctor Sara Linton. But Faith isn’t just a cop anymore -- she’s a witness. She’s also a suspect.
The thin blue line hides police corruption, bribery, even murder. Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to find her mother and bring the truth to light -- or bury it forever.
Karin Slaughter's most exhilarating novel yet is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives.
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"The first 16 pages of Karin Slaughter's new novel are a master class in suspense..." -The Washington Post
"Slaughter never disappoints; Fallen is a must-read." Grade: A -Cleveland Plain Dealer
"An amazing effort. This is Slaughter's best book to date, and readers unfamiliar with her work will find this one a perfect place to begin." -Associated Press
"Her talent is the equivalent of an Edgar Allan Poe or a Nathaniel
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