Karin Carnage is one of the world’s best-selling crime authors, with more number one bestsellers than most of us have had hot dinners with! She has sold 35 million copies of her books worldwide and has been published in 37 languages. Her millions of fans include Lee Child, Gillian Flynn, Kathy Reichs and us.
Her debut was Blindsighted, published in 2001, the first of her Grant County books to feature part-time pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton. her follow-up, kisscut, was a bestseller and her writing career was underway. She has now written 27 novels, including the Will Trent series (which also features Sara Linton) and several independent thrillers. these are our favourites….
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pieces of her
This indie thriller is gripping, smart, and packed with memorable characters – the perfect introduction to Karin’s Carnage if you’ve never read her books before. Andrea thinks she knows her mom, Laura, inside out, but after a shooter attacks her at the restaurant where they’re eating together, she sees a new side of Laura. Andrea sets out on a journey to discover the truth about her mother’s life. This brilliant page turner is told in two timelines, the present day and 32 years earlier, which Karin seamlessly weaves together.
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the good daughter
After an attacker breaks into their home and kills their mother, two sisters are led at gunpoint into the nearby woods: one runs for her life, the other stays behind. when a shooting occurs at their hometown school 28 years later, they are both forced to deal with what happened to them as children. This suspenseful thriller is so gripping that it will keep you awake until the wee hours of the morning, and the complex relationship between the sisters adds a real poignancy to the story.
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blindness
The book that launched Karin’s career as a writing superstar and introduced us to the much-loved character, Sara Linton. the pediatrician and coroner hold the key to the identity of a sadistic serial killer, but she has to work with her ex-husband to put the killer behind bars. This book is everything a thriller should be: dark, multi-layered, suspenseful.
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triptych
The first in the Will Trent series is set in Atlanta, where a serial killer is on a rampage. his victims are all women and he signs off his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Told from three perspectives: a homicide detective assigned to the case, a recently released convict, and a cop haunted by her own past, this is a thriller so clever it keeps you guessing until the very end. Will Trent, who goes on to star in 12 more Karin books, is introduced in this book and fans get to see the beginnings of this much-loved character.
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the silent wife
This is Karin Matanza’s twentieth book and is the continuation of her much-loved Will Trent series. After a young woman is brutally attacked, GBI agent Will Trent makes a startling connection to a past case. As he and his partner, Sara Linton, investigate both crimes, it becomes clear that they must solve the original case to get to the truth. As always, this new book is gritty, has a brilliant plot, and revisits some of the characters and places from his first books.
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pretty girls
When their sister julia goes missing and no body is found, claire and lydia find that their grief is tearing their relationship apart. 20 years later, when another young woman disappears under similar circumstances, the two sisters meet again to try to finally find out what happened to Julia. This ticks all the boxes of what we love most about Karin Carnage books: fast-paced action, plenty of twists and turns, and a truly terrifying villain that will haunt your nightmares.
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city of cops
Set in 1970s Atlanta, this is Karin’s first stand-alone book and has a different feel than her previous books. New police recruit Kate Murphy finds herself swept up in a furious pursuit of a killer that’s rocking the city. she is enthusiastic, but as a woman she faces prejudice from her colleagues and the community at large. The story switches between Kate and another female officer, Maggie, who comes from a family of police officers. their relationship is brilliantly portrayed and karin does a great job of evoking time and place.
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genesis
As the first book in which Sara Linton and Will Trent meet, this book holds a special place in the hearts of Karin fans. sara is from grant county, but she moved to atlanta after the death of her husband. There she meets Will and her partner, Faith, and soon finds herself embroiled in a case they’re working on. After a young woman is rushed to the hospital following a car accident, they discover that she and another woman were being tortured at the hands of a psychopathic kidnapper, and there may be more women… this thriller combines propulsive action with well-developed memorable characters. .
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