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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780440242918
ISBN number: 0440242916
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 576
Printing Date: July 25, 2006
Publishing house: Dell
Release Date: July 25, 2006
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“Brilliant plotting, relentless suspense,” raved the Washington Post. “A new synonym for terror,” crowned the Detroit Free Press. The critics agree: no one writes suspense like Karin Slaughter, whose thrillers featuring medical examiner Sara Linton and her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, have propelled her to the top of bestseller lists the world over. Now Slaughter fuses her unmatched grasp of forensic science and a mastery of complex relationships in a riveting tale of faith, doubt, and murder.
The victim was buried alive in the Georgia woods–then killed in a horrifying fashion. When Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver stumble upon the body, both become consumed with finding out who killed the pretty, impeccably dressed young woman. And for Sara and Jeffrey, a harrowing journey begins, one that will test their own turbulent relationship and draw dozens of lives into the case.
Lena Adams is one of them. A Grant County detective for years, she has her own reasons for being drawn to this case and a fierce drive to see justice done. For these three people, who have each seen the darkest side of human nature, the body of the murdered girl is but the very first in a series of shocking and sordid revelations.
Now, as Jeffrey and Sara narrow the field of suspects, they must confront their own doubts and indiscretions, while Lena Adams sees herself reflected in the frightened eyes of a battered woman who may be the key figure in the case. As Faithless builds to a stunning and unforgettable climax, Karin Slaughter masterfully brings together strands of interlocking lives, family secrets, and hidden passions with one astounding truth: the identity of a killer who is more evil and dangerous than anyone could have guessed.
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A book that is grim and gritty, the latest in the Grant County series is definitely a must-read for the fans of this series. If you have not read previous books in the series, I would recommend that you start from the beginning - while one could read these in mixed order, the overall story moves from book to book and a reader gets the best results from reading them in order.
In this book Sara and Jeffrey are more or less back together, although Sara continues to dither about whether she will marry him again or not. While walking in the woods, and arguing (a fairly constant pass time with these two), they discover a pipe sticking up from the ground, and when they excavate they discover a sort of "coffin" - with a body inside. They deduce from the fact that there are several water bottles, some food and a flashlight that whomever buried her here did not mean for her to die; nonetheless, dead she most definitely it. They discover her name is Abigail Bennett, and that she comes from a sort of religious commune where soybeans are raised and tended by a large group of ex-cons and other people who are looking for a place to be "safe." Furthermore, while beginning the autopsy, it is discovered that Abigail was poisoned with cyanide.
We also spend some more time with Lena Adams, a detective under Jeffrey. She continues to remain in a horribly abusive relationship, one that she developed after being captured by a religious zealot and nailed to the floor in an earlier book.
There is obviously a LOT happening in this book. Again, I definitely recommend this latest in the series for fans, and the series as a whole for new readers. If you like it dark, this will be perfect for you.
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I could not put this book down at all. Faithless is my favorite book of Karin's thus far. Very exciting read. Good job Karin.
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This is the very first book by Slaughter I have read and it was okay. The story was a little far-fetched but I was willing to suspend belief for the sake of a good story. Unfortunately the story wasn't bad but certainly wasn't great. On the down side it was a little bit too long winded and there was too much fairly uninteresting personal stuff about the characters.
I am all for character development but I found the continuing references to Jeffrey and Sarah's relationship and the whole cheating/STD thing, Sara not being able to have a child, Sarah's sister (who didn't really need to be mentioned at all) and Lena's dead lesbian sister very boring. Other personal storylines were better - Lena and Ethan, Sarah's paternity issue etc. I know this book is part of a series and things had happened to the characters before in other books that I had not read but I found the main characters (other than Lena) fairly uninteresting. In fact Sarah, who is arguably the main character I could have done without! She didn't contribute much to the story at all.
The main plot itselfs builds quite nicely (but slowly) and it did hold my attention despite the intruding personal stories. The Church characters were mostly interesting (particularly Cole) and the sleazy characters too were believeable although not in the story enough. I also could not tell who the murderer was until quite late on (although there are no great twists in the tale).
All in all a decent, if far-fetched story but I won't be waiting with baited breath for the subsequent installment in the lives of Sarah and Jeffrey but I may read it if I find it in a second hand bookshop.
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Karin Slaughter has been compared to both Patricia Cornwell and Thomas Harris, but her uneven book "Faithless" doesn't measure up to the weakest of either Cornwell's or Harris' books. There's plenty of soap opera to be had, from the Latina police detective, Lena Adams who's also a battered woman to the newly separated ME Sara Linton and detective Jeff Tolliver trying to reconcile. The plot concerns a serial killer who is preying on the young and unwary and who buries his victims alive. He's connected with a missionary group that runs a work farm in another county (similar to the Amish, but with electricity). After a while, the author's relentless badgering of anything remotely religious wore thin on me. It's a decent read, but I wouldn't go out of my way to find one of her books again. I'd just as soon re-read "Silence of the Lambs."
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This book didn't pass my 50 page test. I almost quit when Jeff tripped over a pipe in the ground...and both he and Sara immediately start digging! There must be a body! Huh? Then we are in Lena's POV - who the hell is she? I don't know and don't care. I hated every character I encountered. This POS book is full of backstory, sub-plots and WAY too many words! How anyone can read this drivel is beyond me. I gave up before I hit page 50.
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