Pretty Girls
A Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 7, 2017
Lee Child says it’s “stunning… certain to be a book of the year.” Kathy Reichs calls it “extraordinary… a major achievement.” Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: “I’d follow her anywhere.” Sisters.
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- Who it’s for
- For when you want a tense, unsettling read that keeps the floorboards creaking.
- Themes
- family secrets, loss and grief, revenge
- Pacing
- Mixed
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Lee Child says it’s “stunning… certain to be a book of the year.” Kathy Reichs calls it “extraordinary… a major achievement.” Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: “I’d follow her anywhere.” Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire.
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Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed. The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.
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For when you want a tense, unsettling read that keeps the floorboards creaking.
Come here for
- domestic unease with a psychological edge
- category-level dread, not a tidy puzzle
Expect
- psychological horror and thriller energy
- an immersive, hard-to-shake atmosphere
Where it sits
| Domestic Thrillers | 28% |
|---|---|
| Sibling Stories | 28% |
| Psychological Thrillers | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Psychological Horror
- Mystery
- Police Procedurals
- Women Detectives
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- Amateur Sleuths
- Romantic Suspense
- Romantic Comedy
- Workplace Romance
- Authors
- Karin Slaughter
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 7, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- family secrets · loss and grief · revenge
- Reading lane
- Psychological Horror