Criminal A Novel

Praise for Criminal

"Karin Slaughter's best yet by far: All her signature strengths are amplified a hundredfold by the past explaining the present. Reading this book was like watching a great athlete having a career year."-Lee Child

"Fascinating . . . Slaughter delivers another riveting, pulse-pounding crime novel."-Booklist (starred review)

"With every page of this story the tension mounts . . . If you have a hunger for a rich and fulfilling novel then you owe it to yourself to pick up Criminal. . . . Slaughter at her most visceral and gut-wrenching best."-The Huffington Post

"Slaughter's tense fourth thriller to combine characters from her two crime series . . . seamlessly shifts between past and present."-Publishers Weekly

"A jolting case that involves murders separated by 40 years . . . explosive."-Kirkus Reviews

"Karin Slaughter prove she's one of the best crime novelists at work today with Criminal. [She] weaves a rich tapestry of complex characters with a compelling mystery. Readers will feel emotionally attached to these characters, and their journey will both delight and surprise even the jaded suspense fan."-Associated Press

"They don't call Slaughter 'the thinking woman's thriller writer' for nothing-her pacing assumes you can keep up."-BookRiot

"Special Agent Will Trent has to be one of the most fascinating suspense protagonists in recent memory . . . Criminal offers a look back at 1970s Southern culture (with all its gentility and warts), a dash of romance for its unlikely protagonist and a twist ending that few will see coming."-Bookpage

PRAISE FOR THE CRIME FICTION OF KARIN SLAUGHTER

"Karin Slaughter is one of the best crime novelists in America."-The Washington Post

"Crime fiction at its finest."-Michael Connelly

"An absolute master."-Chicago Tribune

"Slaughter writes with a razor. . . . Better than Cornwell can ever hope to be."-The Plain Dealer

"Slaughter will have you on the edge of your seat."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"One of the boldest thriller writers working today."-Tess Gerritsen

"Move over, Catherine Coulter-Slaughter may be today's top female suspense writer."-Library Journal (starred review)