Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. Her baby daughter Emma has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood to the front door.

Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood. Most worrying of all, her mother is missing.

When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for? And where is her mother?

Suspended from duty, Faith turns to her work partner, Will Trent. Together he and Sara Linton must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a vicious murderer with only one thing on his mind.

To keep on killing until the truth is finally revealed.

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Discover fifth book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author.'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSENNow a major TV Series on Disney+-----------Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare.Her baby daughter has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood leading to the front door. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood and Faith's own mother is missing.When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she also has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for? And where is her mother?Now, Faith's work partner, Will Trent, must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a murderer with only one thing on his mind.-----------Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter:'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN'A writer of extraordinary talents!!' KATHY REICHS'Fiction does not get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the very last' CAMILLA LACKBERG'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGUR ARD TTIRKarin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023