“The Good Daughter is like Law and Order meets The Good Wife.” —theSkimmInstant New York Times BestsellertheSkimm Book Club Pick!The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author — a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense.Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind… suspense.
Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind…
Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn’s happy small-town 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 defense 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 ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again — and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized — Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it’s a case that unleashes the terrible memories she’s spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won’t stay buried forever…
Packed with twists and turns, brimming with emotion and heart, The Good Daughter is fiction at its most thrilling.
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Karin Slaughter never disappoints. One of her best!
One of the best books I have read in a long time.
Couldn’t put this book down!
Not for the weak of heart, but brilliantly done.
Karin Slaughter took a simple story, and she crafted such a weaving, twisting journey that at times it was difficult to follow. She brought it all together masterfully in the end. Charlie and Sam have suffered tragedy not too many young people have had to go through. Their adult personalities have been shaped by the horror suffered by them as teenagers. I found myself on the edge of my seat at times, and at other times, I am thinking “get on with this!” Well, done, and worth the patience to read.
This is one of the best books I have read in a while. Very captivating, emotional, a real page turner. I couldn’t put it down. There are some gruesome details, but that really just makes the book all that much better.
Karin Slaughter ALWAYS delivers!!!
I’ve only read one other Karin Slaughter book, “Blindsighted”. Didn’t rate it very well. I’m always willing to give an author a second and third chance. I am so glad I did. She gives you the small town feel and mentality of Pikesville, Georgia. She also gives you a gift in well written characters. Rusty and Gamma, parents to daughters Sam and Charlie, are actually minor characters but are so integral to the storyline. They give additional depth to these damaged sisters. 28 years ago the family is ripped apart as much by the tragedy that slams them to the ground as by the secrets about that night that each keeps. All this damage resurfaces as a school shooting opens up the old wounds. The school shooting is used as the beginning of the true healing these now 40+ year old women need to recover themselves.
Charlie is the good daughter. She keeps her secrets closely guarded by a promise she made her father. That it was kept secret has damaged all her relationships. Sam is somewhat the prodigal daughter. Disappearing into her career in New York. Karin Slaughter has given them life. The life before the tragedy as well as the healing on which the book focuses.
I do feel the ending was a little drawn out and somethings that maybe should have been left unresolved are conveniently tied off. This is a personal preference that reflect my desires as a reader. These are minor issues that do not adversely affect the plot or characters.
Excellent! One of Karen Slaughter’s best! I couldn’t put it down!
On a par with the best of Karin Slaughter. Reading her novella Last Breath introduces some of the characters, and was enjoyable. I really like the main characters; they were well-developed and, in some ways, complicated. Good story and her second book to make me sob.
Could not put down. Great read!
Karin Slaughter continuously knocks it out of the park!
I already recommended it to several of my friends. It is outstanding! This is Karin Slaughter at her most brilliant!
All Karin Slaughter’s books are on the dark side but I usually see some likeable personality traits in the lead characters, something to make you root them on through their traumatic experiences. But I found these characters, especially the two sisters so annoyingly angst ridden, venom filled and unlikeable, it ruined any sympathy I felt for them about half way through the book . I just wanted the book to be finished. First Slaughter book I have felt that way about. I say bring back the Will Trent series !
Karen Slaughter is fantastic at building suspense with believable situations. The Good Daughter kept this reader on the edge of her seat with every chapter. Each of the sisters thought the other was the good daughter but both of them had secrets and hardships from their shared trauma. The journey of these exceptional women as they come to terms with their experiences and the realities of their life in the present time will keep readers turning pages well into the night.
One of the best books I have read in quite a while. I love Karin Slaughter’s novels, and this didn’t disappoint.. A suspenseful page turner. Kept me up late at night.