Karin Slaughter

Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for the prom. For an athlete, who is smart, pretty and well-liked, this night that should be the highlight of her high school career. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, that secret will be silenced forever. Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains a mystery. Her tight-knit group of friends closed ranks; her respected, wealthy family retreated inwards; the small town moved on from...

A beautiful young girl was walking down the street--when suddenly. Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. A beautiful and intelligent nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened. Because girls are disappearing without a trace. Fellow student Beatrice Oliver is missing. A homeless woman called Mona-No-Name is missing Both taken off the street. Both gone without a trace. Julia is determined...