Fractured

Great Read!!

I usually read a variety of books but I've always been a crime suspense thriller girl. Actually this is the first book I've read from this author and I loved it from start to finish. If there is anything I despise its books that start off extremely slow where I lose interest altogether but it was exciting to read and definitely keeps you going until you figure out the next detail.

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Police procedural fans will love this book

Affluent attorney Abigail Campano returns to her mansion in Atlanta's upscale Ansley Park section only to see a dead girl lying on the upstairs hallway. Without getting a close look, a stunned Abigail assumes the victim is her teenage daughter Emma. The apparent killer had not yet left the premise and the outraged Abby kills him. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Will Trent investigates along with Atlanta police Detective Faith Mitchell. The father Paul arrives filled with belligerence and bluster. Paul looks at the body and notices the lack of a birthmark he insists the corpse of the teen is not his daughter he and Abigail feel guilt and relief as Emma's friend Kayla Alexander lies dead on the floor.-------------- Will concludes that besides the obvious murder, someone kidnapped Emma. His fear is that they are too late to save the life of the seventeen year old girl but he and Faith remain determined to try while the case is already confusing with the homicide and the death of the alleged killer by the lioness in her home, neither expected the twists that the investigation takes. Still both cops fear they are too late.------------- Police procedural fans need to set aside time for this one sitting 400-page thriller as the audience will keep on adding one more exciting chapter after another to read. The two cops Will and Faith are a wonderful pairing as both are dedicated, but flawed those personal defects augment a strong thriller. Filled with twists, FRACTURED will leave Karin Slaughter fans clamoring for the next GBI installment (see TRIPTYCH for the previous one).-------------------- Harriet Klausner

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

second in a great series

I was glad when Karin Slaughter started a new crime series two years ago with Triptych, as I was tiring of her Grant County novels (especially after the way she chose to end the most recent, Beyond Reach.) Fractured is a sequel to Triptych and again features Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Wil Trent. A wealthy Atlanta housewife kills an intruder in her home after discovering the dead body of a girl whom she initially mistakes for her daughter. Her nightmare is just beginning, however, as it soon becomes clear that her teenager has actually been kidnapped. Agents Amanda Wagner and Wil Trent of the GBI are called in to investigate the crime and recover the girl they are assisted by Atlanta State Police detective Faith Mitchell, who has major issues with Trent after he helped end her mother's career on the force. The plot barrels forward inexorably, sometimes focusing on the distraught parents, sometimes on the cops and sometimes on the villains, and the suspense is excruciating. Slaughter also uses the city of Atlanta to great effect, exploring wealthy Ansley Park (where the mystery begins), grimy slums and the university campus. But the conflicts between the flawed investigators really made this book stand out for me, and I can't wait to hear from them again. Also recommended:'A Stranger Lies There' - an exciting, moving crime novel based in the desert around Palm Springs, it won the Malice Domestic Award for best first mystery.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great read

I loved this book. It had alot of twists & turns. I finished it in 1 1/2 days. I hated to see it end. Ms Slaughter took alot of heat on this site for her last book (which I liked)I think she is terrifc & I am looking forward to he rnext book!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Could not put it down...

I have read Karin Slaughter before and have always enjoyed her books. But 'Fractured' was the book that I could not wait to see what happened next. I received the book 2 days ago and I have already finished it. It is outstanding. I recommend this book to anyone that loves a good mystery with twists and turns. T. Lovell

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Amazing twists and turns what keep you reading into the night!

Slaughter's treatment of 'damaged souls' like Will Trent and Lena Adams (Georgia County series) is amazing. The reader is so caught up in the characters that when the twists and turns occur in the plot, it hits you out of nowhere! I could not put this book down!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

) Amazing Storyline, Heart Pounding Action, Superb Character Development and Intensity Spread Across the Pages

Karin Slaughter¿s latest release, Fractured is completely deserving of the acclaim and high praises it has received. Abigail Campano arrives home to discover her door unlocked and shattered glass around her feet. Her first response is fear for the well being of her daughter, Emma. As she rushes upstairs, she comes face to face with the battered and bloody body of her daughter and a man kneeling over her body with a knife in his hand. Pure adrenaline and rage consumes Abigail and she strangles the man to death. Enter Will Trent, member of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Will struggles with the crime scene and determines that the brutalized body upstairs does not belong to Emma Campano, but to her best friend Kayla, and the murdered man Abigail strangled with her bare hands was actually Emma¿s boyfriend, whose attempt to save Emma and Kayla got him killed. The shift from the murder to the reality of the kidnapping of Emma, forces Will to pair up with Atlanta officer Faith Mitchell. Running against the clock and without any suspects or leads, Will and Faith must work together to find Emma and catch a killer. Fractured is filled with plot twists and heart pounding intensity. Beyond Karin Slaughter¿s ability to provide her readers with an excellent storyline and superb mystery, she is able to delve into the characters emotions and backgrounds so deeply that readers feel they know these men and women. The return of our favorites like Will and his boss Amanda paired with new intriguing characters like Faith, Abigail and the monstrous villains will surly please its audience. Fractured is by far one of Slaughter¿s best works, she gives her readers everything and them some more. Valerie Jones

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Good read

Gosh, I have so enjoyed Karin Slaughter books. This one did not disappoint. I loved it. Is it me, or do her books keep getting better and better? I know this book features a character from Triptych, but I don't think you have to read it first - this book stands on its own.

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If you like mystery books, you must read Karin Slaughter!

Each Karin Slaughter book has held my undivided attention and this is no different. I plan on reading every book she has written!!

Loving this series

Incredibly suspenseful, but the story in between is so riveting you forget the itch to get to the end. Intense material, even for the more jaded of us

Very Good!

What would you do if you came home to find an intruder leaning over the bloodied body of your daughter? That is what Abigail Campano must decide in a split second, because the intruder has a knife and is coming toward her. Enraged she kills the young guy. But when GBI Agent Will Trent gets to the Ansley Park mansion, he sees something that Atlanta PD Detective Faith Mitchell and her team missed. The girl in the upstairs hallway is not Emma Campano. Her father, Paul, believes the girl is Emma's best friend Kayla Alexander, and insists that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation take over the investigation from the Atlanta Police Department. Paul Campano wants the best team in GBI to find his daughter, not "Trashcan" Trent. But Trent stays on the case and is partnered with Mitchell. Faith has reasons also to want Will off of this high profile murder/kidnap case. But the Bureau Chief prevails. The case twists and turns leading them to the girls' school, to the University, and ultimately to a run down house in an unsavory part of Atlanta. But will they find the teenager alive in that house, or is she closer than they think? Time is running out for the teenager. Will and Faith have lost precious hours, because Detective Mitchell wrongly assumed Emma was dead as well as her killer. But the dead boy was Emma's boyfriend. No clues. No suspects.

Slaughter creates layered characters, both good and bad. Every relationship is fractured. While the story gets bogged down some in these relationships and characterizations, the plot is strong and well paced. Dyslexia is central to the story, and is an unusual twist in a police procedural to have the lead investigator battle the condition. FRACTURED is without a doubt one of the best mystery/thriller I've read in a while.

Very good

Exciting crime story sort of concludes rapidly at the end of the story but good reading.

Great Read

I have read most of the books in this series, although out of sequence. I loved this book because it focused on my favorite charecter, Will Trent. It helps to have read the books in order so you have a better understanding of the charecters involved, but Ms. Slaughters writing style allows this book to stand alone. I think this book is my favorite of all her writing and if you love this genre you will have trouble putting it down! Happy reading!

Recommended

This series is very good. There is an interesting twist in the whole storyline. I did find that towards the end of the series, I was becoming a little bored with it, so i did not read the last 2 novels. It was confusing that Karin Slaughter did not put these books in an order, so I ended up reading the first three out of place, and had to look up on her website the order of the books. That was a downer. But all in all, a good set of what I read.

Lisa Corkern

fractured

fantastic book

Riveting reading!

Like all Karin Slaughter's books, this book delivers right up to the last word.

Love this book and author!

Once again Karin Slaughter is an incredible writer! From beginning to end she captures you and you don't want her to let you go. Her characters are never one-dimensional. You feel as if you know them or want to know them. Her main character, Will Trent, is someone you grow to love, respect and admire for all the adversity he deals with on an everday basis. I would normally never admit this but I actually fell in love with him and I am constantly on the lookout for anything written that involves Will Trent! Way to go Karin! This was a true rollercoaster ride with all the thrills, chills, twists and turns!

First time reading Slaughter

Read this very quickly and found it absorbing; liked the characters especially. Will read more by this author.

Great

Karin Slaughter does it again. You will not be disappointed.

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