Kisscut (Grant County)

Kisscut (Grant County)
by Karin Slaughter

Kisscut (Grant County)
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Author: Karin Slaughter
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-30
ISBN: 0060534044
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Harper

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Book Review: Best of the best.
Summary: 5 Stars

I've been completely obsessed with Karin Slaughter's Grant County books since I first read 'Blindsighted' in 2005, and, because I live in Brazil, I didn't get to read Kisscut until 2007. And I was... impressed. I thought it didn't get any better than the first book, but it did. Everything about Kisscut is perfect. The theme is complicated, hard, heartbreaking. The reaction of the characters to the theme is real. They feel guilty, angry, shocked, motivated to stop the villain.
And, as interesting as the story is, it's the relationship between the characters that is the best feature of this book. Sara and Jeffrey's relationship as it grows, as it evolves. They're finally brought back together in this book, and I love how it was done. Then, Sara and Tessa's relationship. There's this one scene in which they fight that the tension builds up to the sky and leaves the reader with their mouth hanging open. Of course, it's my favorite scene.
Lena dealing with the aftermath of everything she went through in the first book is interesting, too.
Everyone should read Karin Slaughter's books, she has this way of keeping the readers interesting in the books even if they don't turn out as you hoped/expected.

Summary of Kisscut (Grant County)

Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton -- the town's pediatrician and medical examiner -- finds herself entangled in a terrible tragedy.

What seemed at first to be a horrific but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications. The autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse, of ritualistic self -mutilation, but when Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, they are frustrated at every turn.

The children surrounding the victim close ranks. The families turn their backs. Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime, one far more shocking than anyone could have imagined. Meanwhile, detective Lena Adams, still recovering from her sister's death and her own brutal attack, finds herself drawn to a young man who might hold the answers. But unless Lena, Sara, and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it's going to happen again...


When police chief Jeffrey Tolliver responds to a disturbance at a local skating rink, the last thing he expects is to have to shoot a 13-year-old girl who's holding a gun on a fellow student. Then Jenny Deaver's autopsy reveals two stunning facts: she did not bear the murdered newborn discovered in the rink's restroom, and she had recently been genitally mutilated. With his ex-wife, pediatrician Sara Linton, Jeffrey uncovers a child sex and pornography ring involving Jenny, her classmates, and their mothers--a horrific enterprise that culminated in the killing that Tolliver will never be able to forget. This taut, chilling thriller showcases Karin Slaughter's skill at plotting, pace, and narrative, and will linger in the reader's mind long after the stunning denouement. This is a terrific sequel to her debut, Blindsighted, with two protagonists whose complex relationship will no doubt be a featured subplot in her next offering. --Jane Adams

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