Pretty Good Twist
Synopsis
#1 internationally
bestselling author Karin Slaughter returns with 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.
More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.
The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.
Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful thriller from one of the finest suspense writers working today.
Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.
More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.
The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.
Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful thriller from one of the finest suspense writers working today.
The opening of Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls resembles the opening of the film, Ghost. Protagonist Claire Scott’s husband killed in an alleyway. Sadly the deceased is no Patrick Swayze, what happens is the fact that Paul Scott was not all he appeared to be. This all takes Claire back to her sister’s own disappearance.
I couldn’t put it down. It’s a thrilling chase. Third person perspectives, mixed with what appears to be a letter to the kidnapped sister, Julia. It just works and I would have happily spent hours in bed or on the train reading it. Mind you going up and down the Southport to Liverpool train-line time and time again, would get boring after awhile.
The major twist comes about half-way through the book, which kept me thoroughly enthralled. It’s a twist I didn’t see coming, but it sets up a series of events, which seems like it could be from an episode of TV series, 24. The only thing that lets it down is the ending, with such a good book, I expected more from it. I can’t say much more, but if a screen adaptation was to happen. That’s the only thing I would change.
The major twist comes about half-way through the book, which kept me thoroughly enthralled. It’s a twist I didn’t see coming, but it sets up a series of events, which seems like it could be from an episode of TV series, 24. The only thing that lets it down is the ending, with such a good book, I expected more from it. I can’t say much more, but if a screen adaptation was to happen. That’s the only thing I would change.
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