Girl, Forgotten
The stunning new thriller from international No.1 bestseller Karin Slaughter, author of Pieces of Her, now a major Netflix series
A girl with a secret…
Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.
A murder that remains a mystery…
Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change.
One final chance to uncover a killer…
Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too…
A Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 20/05/2018, 23/06/2019, 28/06/2020, and 04/07/2021
‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret
‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times
”'This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing” - Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret
”'This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read” - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
”'An effortlessly accomplished thriller” - The Times
Praise for Karin Slaughter -
”'Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next” - Cara Hunter, author of All the Rage
”'Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous” - Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, The Serial Killer
”'Absorbing” - Sunday Times
”'I’d follow her anywhere” - Gillian Flynn
”'One of the boldest thriller writers working today” - Tess Gerritsen
”'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled” - Michael Connelly
”'Passion, intensity, and humanity” - Lee Child
”'A writer of extraordinary talents” - Kathy Reichs
”'Fiction doesn't get any better than this” - Jeffery Deaver
”'A great writer at the peak of her powers” - Peter James
'Karin Slaughter has - by far - the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson -
”'It’s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody - like a perfectly cooked steak” - Stuart MacBride
”'The queen of the explosive thriller” - Good Housekeeping
”'Rich characters and deft plotting make this an unputdownable story that will move you to the core. This is Slaughter's best yet” - Camilla Lackberg, author of the Fjallbacka series
”'A twisty, searingly contemporary mystery steeped in a dark past…catches your breath and keeps you gasping and guessing until the end” - Stacey Abrams, author of While Justice Sleeps
”'Karin Slaughter is a master of the thriller genre” - Francesca Momplaisir, author of My Mother’s House
”'Gripping, gruesome and emotionally powerful, this is Slaughter doing what she does best” - Mail on Sunday
”'As sharp and absorbing as ever” - Guardian
”'Slaughter’s novel is both a page-turner and a protest about how often sexual violence is overlooked” - Sunday Times