Girl, Forgotten
A Novel
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4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
“It’s Slaughter’s prodigious gifts of characterization that make her stand out among thriller writers.” — Washington Post
From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her, comes an electrifying thriller featuring newly minted US Marshal Andrea Oliver as she investigates a cold case with links to her father’s past.
A small town hides a big secret…
Who killed Emily Vaughn?
A girl with a secret…
Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for the prom. For an athlete, who is smart, pretty and well-liked, this night 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.
An unsolved murder…
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 her grisly attack. But all that’s about to change.
One final chance to uncover a killer…
US Marshal Andrea Oliver arrives in Longbill Beach on her first assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But, in reality, Andrea is there to find justice for Emily. The killer is still out there—and Andrea must discover the truth before she gets silenced, too…
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this mesmerizing thriller, newly minted U.S. Marshal Andrea Oliver is sent on a routine assignment to protect a federal judge, only to be distracted by a decades-old cold case. For Andrea, it’s personal because her imprisoned, psychopathic father knew the victim. Thriller master Karin Slaughter skillfully alternates between Andrea’s investigation in the present day and the dark events that took place 40 years ago. We were rapt and horrified as the story unfolded, desperate for Andrea to find the answers. Whether or not you’ve read other books in the Andrea Oliver series, Girl, Forgotten is sure to hook you.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Slaughter's gripping follow-up to 2018's Pieces of Her takes Andrea Oliver, a newly minted U.S. marshal, and her partner, Deputy Leonard Bible, to Longbill Beach, Del., to protect federal judge Esther Vaughn, who has received a series of threatening letters. Longbill Beach happens to have been the childhood hometown of Andrea's psychopathic father, Clayton Morrow, who was convicted of domestic terrorism and is now up for parole. Andrea believes Clayton poses a threat to her mother's safety if he's released from prison. In 1982, Clayton was a suspect in the murder of Judge Vaughn's 18-year-old daughter, Emily. If Andrea can prove Clayton guilty of this crime, he will remain behind bars. Deputy Bible, too, has a private agenda and is looking into a series of suicides that have occurred in the area. Captivating flashbacks follow Emily in the period leading up to her death as she engages in a Columbo-inspired investigation of her own. Was what happened to Emily a prelude to even more horrific crimes? Andrea's complicated backstory at times slows the pace, but readers eager to see justice for Emily will keep turning the pages. Slaughter reliably entertains.
Customer Reviews
Great mystery and characters
Really enjoyed this book. A lot of characters to follow but in the end it did not matter except for the ones who were bad!
Underwhelming
If this were an earlier effort by this seasoned author, I’d be more patient. But it isn’t. And yet it reads like a first-time novelist’s effort. There’s so much crammed in here as though from a fear of leaving out anything good. As a result, the story is both overwrought and somewhat tedious.
Still, my bigger objection is the complete and utter implausibility of the whole storyline. A federally protected witness becomes a U.S. Marshall and then, right out of training, is thrown into the biggest case the Marshals Service has seen in decades? Please.
Ok, but….
Storyline was good with characters you love to hate, but leave the political preaching to non-fiction writers. Absolutely no one reads fiction so they can be preached at.