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Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint.
One runs for her life. One is left behind . . .

The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author--a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense.

Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father--Pikeville's notorious defense attorney--devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.

Twenty-eight years later, Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself--the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again--and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized--Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it's a case that unleashes the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever . . .

"I'd follow Karin Slaughter anywhere." --Gillian Flynn

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Publisher : William Morrow & Company (17 April 2018)
Language : English
Mass Market Paperback : 656 pages
ISBN-10 : 0062430254
ISBN-13 : 978-0062430250
Dimensions : 10.64 x 3.76 x 19.05 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 712,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"It is Karin Slaughter at her very best" --Huffington Post

"Karin Slaughter has - by far - the best name of all of us mystery novelists. More to the point, The Good Daughter is Karin Slaughter's most ambitious, most emotional, and best novel. So far, anyway." --James Patterson

"Simply the best book you'll read all year. Raw, powerful and utterly gripping - yet written with a tenderness and empathy that will break your heart." --Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help

"The plot twists here are satisfyingly surprising and plausible, but it's Slaughter's prodigious gifts of characterization that make her stand out among thriller writers...Slaughter's satirical touches are as deft as her grimmer renditions of real life."--Washington Post

"Though this is a crime novel, suspenseful and thrilling in every way, at its heart it is an exploration of family and the ties that persist through the most difficult moments... Slaughter delves into our darkest selves to reveal what is truly human."
--Library Journal

"If you're into mystery thrillers, then you're into Karin Slaughter."--Skimm

"The darkness of the past is very present in this utterly chilling thriller. With heart and skill, Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last."--#1 Worldwide Bestselling Thriller Writer, Camilla Lackberg

"Chilling, but with a lot of heart, this is a thriller you shouldn't miss"--Happy Ever After blog, USA Today

"Slaughter's work is like a professional athlete coming to the playground to show the kids how it's done. With her themes, tensions and metaphors, she has a talent for classic literature that is often missing in recent fiction."--RTbookreviews.com

"But the success of writers like Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins and Karin Slaughter isn't just due to the fact that they're women... It's about writers comprehending why women are so compelled by stories about brutal, graphic violence in the first place."--The Atlantic

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The stunning new novel from the internationally ^#1 bestselling author--a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense

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Rymkervic

I really do think its one of her best

Reviewed in Australia on 15 September 2017

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I really do think its one of her best. Story jumps between two timelines and is about two sister and what happened to them after a really horrible event.
Something about this story - everyone knows Karin Slaughter is a very good writer - but its almost likes she had matured into a living masterpiece of a writer - a modern classic. No real idea why l just loved this one over and above everything else of hers l have read but l did, l really did. So many golden observations l think.

I'm so happy she hasn't become rich and lazy but ..now hugely successful, delivers her craft like a true genuine craftsman - l hope you enjoyed it as much as l did.

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A legal Harrowing, brutal drama and thriller...

Reviewed in Australia on 5 August 2017

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Karin Slaughter masterfully weaves an incredibly layered plot. 'The Good Daughter' is a story of family and is strangely heartwarming, despite some of the horrific content.

The initial scene is by far the most graphic & horrific however it is so compelling it had me hooked for the rest of the novel. This overpowering event sets the stage for a psychological thriller like no other I've read and introduces us to three females - the brilliant mother “Gamma,” and sisters Samantha and Charlotte who demonstrate their intelligence and perseverance time and time again.

Nearly 30 years later, the two women are in the middle of a new tragedy that rocks their community and forces the sisters to reopen many old wounds. It's part legal drama, part mystery, part family intrigue, but above all, it's a harrowing, brutal thriller that will be hard to read at times and most of the time be hard to put down.

Filled with suspense and twists that I didn’t see coming, even at quite a long length (583 pages), it still had me madly swiping and utterly gripped. Karin Slaughter is clearly an exceptional author as Michael Connelly aptly describes... “Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivaled among thriller writers, and if you haven’t yet read her, this is the moment.”

'The Good Daughter' always kept me guessing... I just didn't want the novel to end. Great choice.

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Maria

3 stars

Reviewed in Australia on 10 April 2018

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First time reading this author. I thought I would try the author out based on all the hype and good reviews, plus I wanted to read something new from the thriller genre.

I don't know about comparing this book to 'To Kill A Mockingbird' like the Australian Women's Weekly did. I guess it depends on how much you liked the book. But for me I didn't see it as being a 100x better then a classic well liked book.

I thought that this book was an okay read, I felt that there could have been more emotional growth with the main characters, seeing as what they had gone through. Also it felt a bit rushed with resolving the court case even as it was the background story to the main lives of the main characters.

To me this felt more like a drama than a psychological thriller, as the main characters had gone through a terrible horrifying event in their past, but eventually came together and had to deal with family matters whilst overcoming their past in the midst of their current tragedy.

A well written, tragic, sinister/dark, struggle with twists. Was an okay read.

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Extremely dense and complicated

Reviewed in Australia on 9 January 2019

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There is a lot in this book in terms of sub plots, characters, relationships mostly broken, and crimes including murder and a school shooting.

If you strip away the complexity and concentrate on the main story it is a story about two sisters who survived a horrendous home invasion and murder. They are estranged from each other and their father. They are forced back together when their father has a heart attack.

They also become involved in a school shooting which eventually breaks through years of duplicity and reveals the horrible truth.. To me there is something amiss with the shooting and in spite of the intelligence of the sisters they don't see it. The cruel twist at the end is hard to comprehend and even knowing it i could not back construct the events.

There are lots of evil twists and turns in this book. I had to suspend belief at times to comprehend Karin's logic flow. The story drifted into a Stephen King construct without the supernatural elements. In the end i just ploughed through. I disregarded over half of Karin's carefully crafted complex messages.

Perhaps my overall comment is that this book is a bit too clever by half. It includes every single possible criminality and relationship combination and jams them in as red herrings that are two weeks over their use by date. They take over the book. A bit of decluttering would improve this book or spreading it over 5 volumes so we can enjoy the ride.

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Trace

Got me in

Reviewed in Australia on 26 October 2018

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I probably didn't enjoy it quite as much as some reviewers. It was a good read and the author developed the plot well. I felt it went on a bit at times and I want to hurry it up and I probably speed read some chapters to try and get through it

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Brilliant

Reviewed in Australia on 3 February 2019

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Another cracking story from Karin Slaughter. The early pages of the book have 2 extremely violent incidents in different time frames. They are so violent that they are almost too much. How does one recover from unspeakable violence and move on? In this case by pretending part of it never happened.

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Harrowing but brilliant

Reviewed in Australia on 8 February 2019

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This was my first Karin Slaughter book and it won't be my last. A harrowing story, fast-paced, with amazing characters. At times it was very graphic and hard to read but the plotting was done so well that I was invested from the beginning. A brilliant book.

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Gripping

Reviewed in Australia on 22 March 2018

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Great story about a family in turmoil.
Shades of Jodi Piquot with its twists that you don't see coming..... and written in her style of events,as per one's role played in that situation..
But maintains the gossip/innuendo/cultures/old history made new again that anyone who has lived in a small town can easily recognise.

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Serena

The good daughter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2018

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This is my first Karin Slaughter book and wow I think it was a fantastic start to my introduction of her.

After a tragic shooting, Sam and her little sister Charlie live their individual lives with their own turbulent relationships until a school shooting brings them back to the one place that turned their lives upside down. Pikeville. Kelly Wilson is suspected of shooting two people and it's down to Sam and Charlie to uncover the truth as they excel in their chosen legal careers.

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't see any of the major twists coming and I was sat down with my mouth hanging open in shock at times. I didn't suspect the truth at all. I found Charlie the most relatable as she suffers a knock to her marriage and pines for her husband on top of the childhood tragedy and the new school shooting. She was blunt and reminded me of Dexter's sister from the TV show. Brave and fearless. Sam was less relatable but with her mass of ailments it's a bit slim to be able to fully relate to but I felt complete empathy to her and what happened. I was almost proud of how she attempted to protect her sister when they were younger.

The novel splits between Sam and Charlie's point of view. Personally I found Charlie's POV more engaging and interesting. Sam was very factual with random biological and philosophical facts thrown in which often lost me a little but it was all relevant to the mother's character and their relationship. The novel is also split between time periods when the sisters are in their early teens and experiencing a horrific tragedy and the current school shooting.

This book is a graphic one. There are graphic descriptions of violence and rape and if you have a queasy stomach then perhaps this isn't for you. Whilst it was graphic with foul language at times I felt it added that must needed gritty level and darkness to the story as the parts in between the shooting were a little less engaging. Like exploring Sam's daily routine and exploring hoardered offices. I felt that aspect of nastiness really kicked up the suspense and sense of dread.

Overall, a really good read. Graphic yet unputdownable. Very good introduction to this author into my reading collection and would certainly read another of her books. Would recommend to thriller/suspense readers and anyone who loves a bit of gore and violence. Thrilling read.

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Super Ally 99

Read it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2017

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I have read every Karin Slaughter and have never been let down. Her books are gripping, emotional and intense with powerful imagery. They are often edge of your seat stuff! I read The Good Daughter in two days. This is a stand alone novel and will not disappoint!

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Zinster

What was all the fuss about?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2018

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Until Amazon offered up their 99p bargain on The Good Daughter, I had never read Karin Slaughter’s books and she writes for the genre I enjoy most, so I was very disappointed with this read.

I wanted to be gripped, I wanted a page turning thriller I could not stop reading until I finished it and sadly, that was not the case.

I’ll give her another shot, with another title but no time soon. There are too many better writers, i.e. Mark Edwards, B.A. Paris, Gillian Flynn to pick from.

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CathyR

Wonderful writing and twisty plotting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 January 2019

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The story begins with a look back in time as we discover the devastating events that shaped the lives of two sisters, Samantha and Charlotte Quinn, fifteen and thirteen respectively. Their father, Rusty Quinn, is a defence lawyer who takes on very controversial cases, representing murderers and rapists. This doesn’t sit well with many people and death threats are routine. After an accused rapist was acquitted and the victim killed herself the family have been ostracised making life at school very difficult for Charlie and Samantha. The family house was petrol bombed as a result and burned to the ground, all their possessions destroyed. Rusty, his wife Gamma and the two girls moved into a ramshackle farmhouse that belonged to an old farmer before he died.

One night of unimaginable violence changed their lives irrevocably. Two masked men forced their way into the farmhouse, leaving the girls’ mother dead, Charlotte and Samantha traumatised and Rusty shattered.

The story is set in Pikeville, Georgia and twenty-eight years after the tragedy, Charlotte has followed in her father’s footsteps as a defence lawyer, although she has no intention of representing the same kind of people her father does. But once again Charlotte is exposed to horrific violence when she witnesses a shooting which brings the horror of past events to the fore, highlighting just how much those events are still affecting the sisters. Charlie and Sam haven’t spoken in years, neither have Rusty and Sam and Charlie’s marriage is at stake. Emotional pain, secrets, anger, all suppressed for so long, have to be dealt with before either can learn to love, forgive and move on.

Karin Slaughter has delivered a very dark, emotional and powerful story, peopled with complex but realistic personalities who drive the plot. The violence Samantha and Charlotte suffered as teens is recounted during the course of the narrative, and although in part it’s a repetition, it’s necessary for the story. Not everything is as it seems with accounts that differ, and those passages serve to deepen the characterisations and draw the reader, or in this case listener, in even more. Both timelines are woven together as the story progresses. The intricate and tangled relationships are compelling, an integral part of the story, and as the layers are peeled away, buried secrets are revealed.

Wonderful writing and twisty plotting, and in the main the fascinating characters are superbly crafted and developed. An intense and gripping story with an unexpected conclusion. A word of warning – the vivid and graphic imagery may not be for the faint hearted!

Susie James’ narration is spot on, her characterisations are distinct and enhance the emotions, tension and drama of the family’s complicated dynamics.

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Mr. T. P. Jones

Good Story But

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 July 2017

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Whilst story is good it is not up to her usual standard of Will Trent etc stories. There is too much "jumping" back and forth. That is to say one minute you are reading the story in the present and then next minute it reverts back to what happened years ago. I can put up with some past explanations as these are sometimes needed in the story but for my own opinion there is too much of this. However it is still a good read just not as good as usual

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