But before she can make her retreat, Andy witnesses an intruder on the property and intervenes. Though baffled, Andy understands that to argue would be futile and instead makes arrangements to temporarily live with her adoptive father, Gordon, a lawyer who remains on friendly terms with Laura despite their divorce. The incident is captured on film, becoming the spectacle of the moment, and Andy watches helplessly as her mother-first hailed a hero for her decisive actions-comes under increasing scrutiny from both the authorities and the news media.Īfter refusing further medical treatment and checking herself out of the hospital, Laura insists that Andy pack her belongings and leave the garage apartment she’s been inhabiting since moving back to Georgia. It’s a relatively innocuous event that nevertheless ends in terror when a gunman opens fire, killing two and injuring others before Laura calmly (and fatally) turns his own weapon against him. Andy and her mother, Laura-a breast cancer survivor who blames herself for her daughter’s relocation from New York City-are at the local, in-mall Rise-n-Dine restaurant to celebrate Andy’s birthday. Pieces of Her opens with a short prologue before introducing readers to Andrea (“Andy”) Cooper, a floundering 31-year-old artist moonlighting as a police dispatcher in Belle Isle. Two of those titles are currently in development for film and television, as is the author’s newest release, Pieces of Her. After some crossover between those sagas, she set her sights on new territory with the Edgar Award-nominated standalone novel, Cop Town (2014) Pretty Girls (2015) and The Good Daughter (2017) followed. Georgia native Karin Slaughter first made a name for herself in crime fiction with her beloved, bestselling Will Trent and Grant County series. Pieces of Her by #1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter is an electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful novel unlike anything she’s written before.

Criminal by Karin Slaughter