Pretty Girls — A Novel book cover by Karin Slaughter

Pretty Girls

Adult • Mystery • Thriller & Suspense • Police Procedurals • Thriller
A Novel
Murder exposes buried family secrets Sisters reconnect after decades apart Atlanta's affluent backdrop complicates relationships Cold case resurfaces with shocking details Ex-con’s involvement raises tensions

CLAIRE: A glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire.

LYDIA: A single mother dating an ex-con, who struggles to make ends meet.

JULIA: The sister whose devastating disappearance more than two decades earlier shattered their family.

When the shocking murder of Claire’s husband brings the horror and heartbreak of the cold case of her sister’s disappearance roaring back, she is forced to form a wary truce with Lydia, whom she has not spoken to in decades.

Two crimes, nearly a quarter century apart: What could connect them? Haunted, the surviving sisters begin to unearth the dark family secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago … and find the astonishing truth where they least expected it.

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Edition information

Book details

Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Publication date
2017
Print length
432 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-0062499554

Mystery + Thriller & Suspense + Police Procedurals

Reader guide

What to Know Before Reading Pretty Girls

More than twenty years after the disappearance of their sister Julia, Claire and Lydia's lives have taken starkly different paths. When tragedy strikes Claire's family, the sisters are forced to confront their painful past. Together, they seek the truth behind Julia's vanishing and the secrets that shattered their family.

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About the author

Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter is the author of more than twenty instant NEW YORK TIMES bestselling novels, including the Edgar–nominated COP TOWN and standalone novels THE GOOD DAUGHTER, PRETTY GIRLS, and GIRL, FORGOTTEN. She is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. PIECES OF HER is a #1 Netflix original series starring Toni Collette. The Will Trent Series is on ABC (and streaming on Hulu in the U.S, and Disney+ internationally). THE GOOD DAUGHTER and FALSE WITNESS are in development for film/tv. 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. www.karinslaughter.com Facebook www.facebook.com/AuthorKarinSlaughter/ Instagram www.instagram.com/karinslaughterauthor/ Twitter @SlaughterKarin https://linktr.ee/karinslaughter
A favorite quote

“Secrets are like scars; they never really go away.”

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