False Witness : A Novel

False Witness
Author(s): Karin Slaughter

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“There’s deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner.”theSkimm

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He saw what you did. He knows who you are

From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofPieces of HerandThe Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone thriller.

AN ORDINARY LIFE

Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life.Shes an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter.

HIDES A DEVASTATING PAST…

But Leighs ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence.

BUT NOW THE PAST IS CATCHING UP

On a Sunday night at her daughters school play, she gets a call from one of the firm’s partners who wants Leigh to come on board to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. Though wary of the case, it becomes apparent she doesn’t have much choice if she wants to keep her job.They’re scheduled to go to trial in one week. When she meets the accused face-to-face, she realizes that its no coincidence that hes specifically asked for her to represent him.She knows him.And he knows her.More to the point, he may know what happened over twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades avoiding her past.

AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

Suddenly she has a lot more to lose than this case.The only person who can help is her younger, estranged sister Calliethe last person Leigh would ever want to drag into this after all theyve been through.But with the life-shattering truth in danger of being revealed, she has no choice…

A high-stakes thriller . . . Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous. OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE

Review(s):
“Cunningly conceived and written . . . Deeply satisfying.”
“Annnnd she does it again. Slaughter’s latest high-stakes thriller follows a defense attorney whose dark past is coming back to haunt her all thanks to a new client she’s called in to represent days before his trial. There’s deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner, really.”
Slaughter offers us a high-stakes thriller that handles the tragedy of addiction with empathy and grace. Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous.
Karin Slaughters False Witness is a twisty, searingly contemporary mystery steeped in a dark past, and she weaves a story that catches your breath and keeps you gasping and guessing until the end.
“Slaughter doesnt save her twists for the end, instead peppering them throughout the intricately layered story amid stomach-churning near misses and gripping character revelations. Equal parts hyperrealistic thriller and epic tragedy, Slaughters latest is pitch-perfect storytelling.”
“[False Witness] will keep readers transfixed. Slaughter is writing at the top of her game.”
Slaughter skillfully and assuredly relates the violence of a sociopath, while creating an emotional connection to lives touched by tragedy and addressing current events.
“Slaughter reliably delivers high-stakes thrillers, but False Witness is the author at herbest, weaving a multi-layered, addictive story with characters youwontsoon forget.”
“In the enthralling False Witness, Slaughter ramps up her storytelling skills to explore how two sisters cope with the aftermath of a crime. False Witness works well as a psychological exploration of its characters, as a legal thriller and as a family drama. . . . Slaughters mastery at suspense is at full throttle . . . A thriller that kicks into high gear from the first page to a stunning ending.”
Karin Slaughter is a master of the thriller genre and her genius comes through on every page, in every character, through every plot twist. False Witness is so suspenseful, its tension palpable, and the action so visual, I cant wait to see its brilliance in film.

ISBN:9780063090330