We are All Guilty Here A Novel

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller that will keep you turning pages long past bedtime.

Karin Slaughter, the masterful storyteller behind Pretty Girls and the acclaimed Will Trent series, launches her electrifying new North Falls series with a mystery that cuts straight to the bone. This is small-town suspense at its finest—where everyone thinks they know their neighbors, until the night everything changes.

When two teenage girls vanish during the town’s fireworks celebration, Officer Emmy Clifton finds herself caught in a devastating investigation. One of the missing girls is her best friend’s daughter—a girl Emmy turned away when she needed help most. Now, racing against time and drowning in guilt, Emmy must piece together a puzzle that reveals uncomfortable truths about the girls, the town, and herself.

What emerges is a chilling portrait of secrets buried beneath the surface of ordinary life. Every teenage girl has secrets, Slaughter reminds us, but in North Falls, someone is willing to kill for them. As Emmy digs deeper, she discovers that nobody really knew these girls—and the town itself may be hiding something far darker than anyone imagined.

Slaughter’s signature blend of psychological insight and heart-pounding suspense makes this impossible to put down. As Dervla McTiernan raves: “a knock-out punch… My God. Sign me up for more.” Perfect for fans of atmospheric mysteries where the setting becomes a character and nothing is quite what it seems.

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