Criminal, by Karin Slaughter-read if you dare

IF you fancy blood, gore, hysterics and terror, pain and torture look no further, Karin Slaughter has all this and more in her book Criminal. A compelling story about an individual who causes havoc, destruction and complete anarchy. He claims to save but in essence destroys. Want more? read our overview….

Overview: ‘Someone you want to forget is waiting for you.

In 1974 a blood thirsty killer prowls the streets of Atlanta, searching for the weak, vulnerable and lost…

“I let the Lord guide my hand”, he says… but this guidance includes soap and water, blood and wine, needle and thread, penance and torture. This is the fate that met many unfortunate prostitutes, who stumbled down Edgewood Avenue into the arms of a good looking white man carrying a bible.

All hope was lost for these unfortunate souls until two good Samaritans; Detective Amanda Wagner and Evelyn Mitchell came to their aid. They fight tooth and nail to bring the killer to justice and they succeed…

Or so they think. Forty years later another young woman is found brutally murdered. Her mutilated corpse bears a striking resemblance to that of the unfortunate prostitutes, who lost their lives by a maniac’s hand.

The specifics and striking similarities can only mean one thing; Amanda and her star agent Will Trent are forced into a corner. Desperate to deny the findings and comes to grips with what lies ahead. Trent is forced to go back to his childhood home, to the grimly crime ridden streets, to a childhood he spent most of his adult life trying to avoid. As the body count rises and tension simmers, Will becomes more convinced that the killings are closely linked to his past. The killer is closer to Will than anyone can imagine or ever thought possible..

So who is the face behind Criminal?

Author: Karin Slaughter.

Author’s Background: Karin Slaughter was born January 6,1971 in Atlanta Georgia. She is a world renowned American Crime Writer, whose first novel Blind sighted (2001) became an international success. This thrilling novel was published in almost thirty languages. Her love for crime and forensics play a major role in her writing. They enabled her to write what others would not dare to write, touch on subjects others would not dare touch on and produce action packed thrillers like no other. She has since published thirty million copies of her books.

Publisher:Clays LTD, ST LVES PLC.

No of pages 436.

Genre: Non -fiction, an action packed thriller.

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While this is not one of her latest releases it certainly is one of the bests. Reading this book sent shivers down my spine; it is a grisly crime novel. Hannibal Lecter cannot compare in terms of physical and psychological torture. This book is a must read though grisly and daunting, it is interesting and is sure to have you hooked.