Triptych

Quick read, characters are well developed and loved the twists and turns. Highly recommend. Excited to read the rest of the series.

I have read all of Karin's books and even though this was not a "Grant County" book I have to say that she had keept me on the edge of my seat. You get so involved with the characters that you can visualize them in your mind as you read the story. Karin has taken her rightful place as one of the best female authors and one of my favorites. I look forward to reading her next book (hopefully soon).

Karin Slaughter has written her best novel to date!!! Young women are turning up slaughtered in the most horrendous manner in Atlanta. An ex-con is released from prison and days later another murder victim turns up. The manner of death is similar to the earlier murders, but something just feels different in this one. A cop with family trouble is neighbor to the last victim and he steps in to aid the investigation. A female under-cover cop learns some things on the street that lead her down a dangerous path as she delves in and tries to solve what appear to be serial murders. This novel is a masterpiece of carefully woven threads that tightly bind the lives of some totally disparate people. This is undoubtedly her most intricate thriller yet.

I never thought Karin could top the Grant County series, but this book was excellent! It has great suspense, great character development, with some very interesting plot twists. The characters are developed through their own interesting story lines, and all becomes clear as the book develops! I highly recommend this book. It will keep you turning pages way into the night, trying to see what will happen next.

After writing five books in her well-received "Grant County" series, author Karin Slaughter takes a new direction with her novel "Triptych," and it's a remarkable achievement. An Atlanta police detective is investigating the murder of a prostitute when he discovers that several other women were also killed in a similar fashion. When the detective is joined on the case by an agent from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the reader gradually begins to learn what's really going on, and the truth is a shocker. It can be difficult to read a book like this, so bare does it lay the pain of its characters. At the same time, the people in "Triptych" are so real and so well-developed that the reader can't help but feel empathy for them, and thus we are drawn even deeper into the ingenious plot. This is the best thing Slaughter has written, both shocking and painful, but also gripping and resonant. "Triptych" launches a major new phase in her career, and it's a delight to behold.

I was an instant fan of Karen Slaughter when I read Blindsighted years ago. She took me on a rollercoaster ride I never thought possible. With TRIPTYCH, her first non-Grant County book, she continues that ride. Her development of characters and the way she makes you love them in one chapter and hate them in the next sets her apart from most writers who seem to only create one dimensional cut outs that we, the readers, are supposed to care about. Keep up the great work and I will keep getting my E-ticket for whatever ride she wants to take me on!!!