Cette série suit le détective Jeffrey Tolliver et son ex-femme, la doctoresse Sara Linton, alors qu'ils tentent de résoudre des crimes dans une petite ville. L'histoire explore leur relation compliquée et le fardeau émotionnel que leur travail leur impose.
Pediatrician and coroner Dr. Sara Linton, her ex-husband and chief of police Jeffrey Tolliver, and detective Lena Adams are on the case when a sadistic rapist and murderer begins targeting women in Grant County.
The second Grant County novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton - paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. And what seems at first to be a terrible but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications when the autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse and ritualistic self-mutilation. Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, but 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. And unless Sara and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it's going to happen again...
Unnerving, unrelenting, unputdownable. Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues - and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal - but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up. Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. For Sara, the violence strikes far too close to home. And as Jeffrey pursues the sadistic killer, he discovers that ex-police detective Lena Adams, now a security guard on campus, may be in possession of crucial information. But, bruised and angered by her expulsion from the force, Lena seems to be barely capable of protecting herself, let alone saving the next victim... Praise for Karin Slaughter 'A great read ... crime fiction at its finest' Michael Connelly 'Don't read this alone. Don't read this after dark. But do read it' Daily Mirror 'With Blindsighted, Karin Slaughter left a great many thriller writers looking anxiously over their shoulders. With Kisscut, she leaves most of them behind' John Connolly 'Fast-paced and unsettling ... A compelling and fluid read' Daily Telegraph Fiction www.rbooks.co.uk www.karinslaughter.com
In Heartsdale, Georgia, überfallen zwei bewaffnete Männer eine Polizeiwache, töten einen Polizisten und verletzen den Polizeichef schwer. Sie nehmen Geiseln, darunter Dr. Sara Linton, Tollivers Ex-Frau. Das FBI umstellt das Gebäude, doch die Geiselnehmer stellen keine Forderungen. Sara und Tolliver müssen in die Vergangenheit eintauchen, um die Motive der Täter zu verstehen.
Im Grant County entdecken Polizeichef Jeffrey Tolliver und Dr. Sara Linton die Leiche eines lebendig begrabenen Mädchens. Während sie ihre eigenen Vergangenheiten bewältigen, verfolgen sie die Spur bis zu einer abgeschiedenen religiösen Gemeinschaft, wo Lena Adams mit ihren inneren Dämonen konfrontiert wird. Ein weiteres Mädchen verschwindet.
Detective Lena Adams wird zur Hauptverdächtigen in einem Mordfall, als in einem ausgebrannten Auto eine Leiche gefunden wird. Zurück in ihrer gewalttätigen Heimatstadt erhält sie Unterstützung von Chief Jeffrey Tolliver und seiner Frau Sara Linton, doch der Fall entwickelt sich als bizarr und gefährlich.