Synopsis
Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember. But when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton - the town's paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a terrible tragedy. What seemed at first to be a horrific but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications. The autopsy reveals evidence of long term - abuse, of ritualistic self-mutilation, but when Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, they are frustrated at every turn. The children surrounding the victim close ranks. The families turn their backs. Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime, one far more shocking than anyone could have imagined. And unless Sara and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it's going to happen again...

Karin Slaughter can really write this genre and, unlike some other writers, her writing doesn't feel too voyeuristic.

I'm reserving this as a RABCK for someone I know who has it on their wishlist.

Thank you very much for this RABCK, how kind to send me a book from my wishlist!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for 2007.

I borrowed this book from Mallary and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I shall be looking out for more by this author!

A great book that we've both enjoyed and both found hard to put down!
I am now posting it to cherryprincess in the UK.
Enjoy!

I received this book from mallary through the post as part of a swap (All the way from France to England). This book is on my next to read list, so I should start it tomorrow. Being quite a thick book (470 pages) I should finish it hopefully within a week, perhaps just over a week if I read slowly.

I shall keep the comments and rating of course for when I have finished the book. Once I have read it I shall be offering it to anyone interested.

RELEASE NOTES:

This is being released at the BC meeting.

Picked up at a BC meet at Coffee Heaven in Leicester.

This book is good but not as good as Blindsighted in my opinion. It just didn't keep my interest the way the previous novel did.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Left on a chair in the station buffet.
Released as part of the A to Z challenge at bcuk extra.

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