BLINDSIGHTED
by Karin Slaughter
I wish I’d written this ...
... because I really enjoyed how much the characters suffer!
Slaughter writes very good characters and puts them through hell, which makes for a great read. There were a couple of instances where parts of the narrative felt under-edited (information needlessly repeated), I guessed the identity of the villain halfway through, and the climax was a bit underwhelming, but these issues, which would have ruined most novels, only lost this a single star in my rating, as everything else is very strong. I’m looking forward to reading the next in the series.
From the publisher
A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town paediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear. Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation — a trail of terror that grows increasingly macabre when another local woman is found crucified a few days later. But he's got more than a sadistic serial killer on his hands, for the county's sole female detective, Lena Adams — the first victim's sister — wants to serve her own justice. But it is Sara who holds the key to finding the killer. A secret from her past could unmask the brilliantly malevolent psychopath ... or mean her death.
