Pretty Girls: A Psychological Thriller Novel Exploring Secrets and Lies Among Sisters
#1 New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls is a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and unexpected absolution, in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies, twenty years apart, that devastate their lives.
Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.
CLAIRE: A glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire.
LYDIA: A single mother dating an ex-con, who struggles to make ends meet.
JULIA: The sister whose devastating disappearance more than two decades earlier shattered their family.
When the shocking murder of Claire’s husband brings the horror and heartbreak of the cold case of her sister’s disappearance roaring back, she is forced to form a wary truce with Lydia, whom she has not spoken to in decades. Two crimes, nearly a quarter century apart: What could connect them? Haunted, the surviving sisters begin to unearth the dark family secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago … and find the astonishing truth where they least expected it. Powerful, poignant, and an utterly gripping crime thriller, packed with indelible characters and dark, unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.
The secrets connecting a brutal murder to a decades-old disappearance are about to be unearthed. But will the truth save them, or bury them forever?
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My first Karin Slaughter book and I plan to read her entire catalog after this one because it was that good. This book had some parts that were difficult to stomach, but it truly felt like reading a real true crime novel. Also, although it was a small focal point, I loved the representation of a nontypical FMC who eats chips and gained weight after being married for a number of years and didn't care about fitting in with the popular moms in the neighborhood. The twists and turns in this book were unpredictable and Karin Slaughter has an amazing way with words and detail. My only complaint about this book is that there were some unecessary details added in that felt like fluff at times.
My first Karin Slaughter book and I plan to read her entire catalog after this one because it was that good. This book had some parts that were difficult to stomach, but it truly felt like reading a real true crime novel. Also, although it was a small focal point, I loved the representation of a nontypical FMC who eats chips and gained weight after being married for a number of years and didn't care about fitting in with the popular moms in the neighborhood. The twists and turns in this book were unpredictable and Karin Slaughter has an amazing way with words and detail. My only complaint about this book is that there were some unecessary details added in that felt like fluff at times.
WOW, what a ride. Haven’t read many psychological thrillers but this one good. I was going back and forth on who could be trusted, who was a good person, bad person or just getting in the way.
Paul…..Paul Paul Paul, where do I begin, I thought maybe you had a redeeming bone in your body at one point in the story but NO you totally suck! Completely deserved what you got in the end.
Thank you, Claire! Not only for Paul but for not giving up on Lydia even when she gave up on herself. Oh, and the torture scenes, creative on the author’s part but… urine waterboarding… GROSS! I can’t even imagine.
This was a very emotional, raw story and I felt all the grief, hope and rage intertwined throughout. The letters from Sam to his missing daughter had me in tears! Helen at the end being strong for and accepting of both her remaining daughters, tears again!
Well Done Karen… Well Done!
Really good book! Really long story, as a result of the many details and layers of the story; probably could have been a little shorter. As much as I like mysteries and thrillers, this one had a lot of horrible scenes that were very graphically described. While I am well aware that this type of writing is to be expected in mysteries and thrillers, in this story it got to be a little too much for me after awhile and I started skimming those sections of the story towards the end.
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