Fractured
by Karin Slaughter
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Author: Karin SlaughterEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-29
ISBN: 0385341954
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Book Review: Karin Slaughter assembles a plot very differently from other writers in the thriller genre
Summary: 5 Stars
When a murder takes place and a body is found, usually it is identified correctly. Especially when the mother of the deceased is making the identification. In FRACTURED, however, we have unusual circumstances, odd couplings and varied situations from the get-go.
Abigail Campano comes home to the worst thing any mother could imagine: an intruder. Thinking, naturally, that he murdered her daughter, who is lying dead in the hallway, Amanda fights him off and kills him. At this point, the plot takes off in several different directions.
Amanda Wagner is assigned to this case with another detective, Will Trent, from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). The local authorities in Atlanta already are miffed at being overridden by the state detectives. Additionally, Will and the father of the dead or missing victim have history. Both men grew up in the Atlanta orphanage system, and there is lots of bad blood between them that surfaces time and time again.
Many questions must be answered, especially concerning the identity of the young man presumed to be the killer, who Abigail strangled. Additionally, we have the identity of the dead young woman at the Campano home to determine. Both girls were supposed to be at school during the time of the break-in and murder.
Paul and Abigail had less than a storybook marriage, although they had a great deal of money and the outward trappings of success. A car salesman, Paul married Abigail, whose family comes from "old Atlanta money." Unfaithful regularly in their marriage, Paul's infidelities come under speculation by Abigail, who wants to know if he's done something to upset someone.
The GBI has their hands full, few leads and little time to solve this mystery. There is a missing car, a missing murderer, a missing kidnapper and lots of clues that are troublesome. Why was the other girl killed instead of Emma Campano? Why was the young man still in the house? Why was there evidence of sexual activity on the underclothes of the victim? Who was the young man Abigail killed?
Karin Slaughter assembles a plot very differently from other writers in the thriller genre. The reader is expected to think beyond the information given, to expand their knowledge beyond the facts and written word. It actually is a surprising and refreshing tribute to her audience. As we tour Atlanta, we meet accessories, other inconsequential characters and those from whom we can tie up the loose ends of this crime.
What will the hostilities between Paul and Will, and Will and Amanda, reveal? Why was the Campano daughter kidnapped at all? I suggest that you take three or four hours and dig into FRACTURED. When you are done, you may just want to go back and try some of her previous novels.
--- Reviewed by Marge Fletcher
Summary of Fractured
?Breathless tension!? raved the San Francisco Chronicle. ?One of [the year?s] most remarkable achievements,? crowed the Philadelphia Inquirer. Karin Slaughter dazzled readers and critics alike with Triptych, her New York Times bestselling suspense novel set in metropolitan Atlanta. Now the #1 internationally bestselling author returns to the damaged landscape she knows so well in a bold new novel?at once a powder keg of suspense, a gritty portrait of a cop?s life, and a searing exploration of a shocking crime and its aftermath?With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta?s most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager?s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her horrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter?s attacker with her bare hands.
Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is here only to do a political favor; the murder site belongs to the Atlanta police. But Trent soon sees something that the cops are missing, something in the trail of blood, in a matrix of forensic evidence, and in the eyes of the shell-shocked mother. Within minutes, Trent is taking over the case?and adding another one to it. He is sure that another teenage girl is missing, and that a killer is on the loose.
Armed with only fleeting clues, teamed with a female cop who has her own personal reasons for hating him, Trent has enemies all around him?and a gnawing feeling that this case, which started in the best of homes, is cutting quick and deep through the ruins of perfect lives broken wide-open: where human demons emerge with a vengeance.
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