Faithless A Novel

“Brilliantplotting，relentlesssuspense，”ravedtheWashingtonPost.“Anewsynonymforterror，”crownedtheDetroitFreePress.Thecriticsagree：noonewritessuspenselikeKarinSlaughter，whosethrillersfeaturingmedicalexaminerSaraLintonandherex-husband，policechiefJeffreyTolliver，havepropelledhertothetopofbestsellerliststheworldover.NowSlaughterfusesherunmatchedgraspofforensicscienceandamasteryofcomplexrelationshipsinarivetingtaleoffaith，doubt，andmurder.ThevictimwasburiedaliveintheGeorgiawoods—thenkilledinahorrifyingfashion.WhenSaraLintonandJeffreyTolliverstumbleuponthebody，bothbecomeconsumedwithfindingoutwhokilledthepretty，impeccablydressedyoungwoman.AndforSaraandJeffrey，aharrowingjourneybegins，onethatwilltesttheirownturbulentrelationshipanddrawdozensoflivesintothecase.LenaAdamsisoneofthem.AGrantCountydetectiveforyears，shehasherownreasonsforbeingdrawntothiscaseandafiercedrivetoseejusticedone.Forthesethreepeople，whohaveeachseenthedarkestsideofhumannature，thebodyofthemurderedgirlisbutthefirstinaseriesofshockingandsordidrevelations.Now，asJeffreyandSaranarrowthefieldofsuspects，theymustconfronttheirowndoubtsandindiscretions，whileLenaAdamsseesherselfreflectedinthefrightenedeyesofabatteredwomanwhomaybethekeyfigureinthecase.AsFaithlessbuildstoastunningandunforgettableclimax，KarinSlaughtermasterfullybringstogetherstrandsofinterlockinglives，familysecrets，andhiddenpassionswithoneastoundingtruth：theidentityofakillerwhoismoreevilanddangerousthananyonecouldhaveguessed.