Two out of two (after The Good Daughter) for the priestess of thriller, Karin Slaughter.
A family that has been torn apart by the disappearance of their eldest (out of three) daughter. Two remaining daughters who have taken completely opposite paths in life. A robbery attack that ends in murder... And the plot hasn't even started yet.
Measured in its revelations and skillfully executed twists, the author slowly and carefully constructs an exceptional thriller, playing with the reader's emotions at every moment. Even the exaggeration is measured, it is "just enough" to take you where it wants and then hit you again with a new dose of revelation and a new dose of emotion that can vary from despair to chilling and from disgust to the deepest and longest breath you can hold.
And if the plot doesn't bring you to the edge, there are always the side notes, the voice of the father from the past, which continues to resonate and confirm. And whenever these side notes appear, they hit you and engulf you wherever they find you, and they finish you off with a mixture of emotions again, from the hope ready to be debunked to the most silent sob that can shake your chest.
Thank you, Karin.