#FALSE WITNESS KARIN SLAUGHTER SERIAL#

Leigh Collier, chapter two, is watching her 16-year-old daughter, Maddy, in her private school’s play. He threw his arms around her, saying, ‘I love you.’” Warning number one, on the first page.

#FALSE WITNESS KARIN SLAUGHTER SERIAL#

“Trevor suddenly appeared behind her like a serial killer. She’s putting a batch of cookies in the oven. We meet Callie in 1998 as the babysitter to Trevor Waleski, son of Linda and Buddy Waleski, a timid, odd child whose energy reminds her of a “coiled spring.” Callie’s one of a succession of babysitters that Trevor’s behaviors have driven away. The pressures of keeping her family safe as she practices law during COVID are overwhelming her Callie continues to self-medicate following a gymnastics injury as a teenager. The story is told alternating the historical and present-day realities of attorney Leigh Collier and her younger sister, Callie. But here goes.įalse Witness is a present-day compelling picture of trauma and life in the year 2021in the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area, where Slaughter lives and where many of her novels are set. Her writing’s realism about the nastier, pathological sides of human nature have prevented me from presenting her books in HERLIFE. She doesn’t avoid the gruesome details of family/crime/psychological trauma. I discovered Slaughter’s work about 15 years ago and have sped through the majority of her works during many late-night, can’t-put-down sessions. Writer Stacy Abrams’ note on the book jacket sums up False Witness, categorized as mystery-crime thriller, perfectly.

“Karin Slaughter’s False Witness is a twisty, searingly contemporary mystery steeped in a dark past, and she weaves a story that catches your breath and keeps you gasping and guessing until the end.”

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