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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Readers say *Pretty Girls* by Karin Slaughter is a gripping psychological thriller with intense suspense, unexpected twists, and dark themes like trau...
It was a great book. Enjoyed the entire book from beginning to end. It was obviously a tough read with parts that make you so uncomfortable. But the story told in the book is the reality for some families I’m sure.
It was beautifully written.
It was beautifully written.
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!
I’m quite often disappointed by thrillers, but I will dare say that this was one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read. It was gripping, suspenseful and full of twists in all the ways you want a thriller to be. The characters and the story were both very well developed and the author truly did a masterful job with her writing. However, I cannot in good conscience omit the fact that this was a very hard/heavy read. The fact that I’m giving this book a 5-star rating does not take away from the fact that it is indeed messed up, dark, disturbing and definitely not for everyone. I had one too many emotions while reading it. Still do and probably always will. This book kept me on the edge of my seat.
I don’t smoke but I needed a cigarette after this read. The writing was phenomenal and the plot was disgustingly remarkable.
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