Name: False Witness
SKU: 53779541
Price: 751.00 TWD
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Author: Karin Slaughter
ISBN: 9780062858962

Type

Physical Book

Author

Karin Slaughter

Publisher

William Morrow and Company

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x13.2x3.6 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9780062858962

Synopsis "False Witness "

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"There's deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner."-- theSkimm Recommended by Washington Post - theSkimm - GMA.com - Popsugar - Bustle - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Augusta Chronicle - Sun-Sentinel - Mystery and Suspense Magazine - and more! He saw what you did. He knows who you are...From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone thriller.AN ORDINARY LIFE...Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She's an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter.HIDES A DEVASTATING PAST...But Leigh's ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure ... a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence.BUT NOW THE PAST IS CATCHING UP...On a Sunday night at her daughter's school play, she gets a call from one of the firm's partners who wants Leigh to come on board to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. Though wary of the case, it becomes apparent she doesn't have much choice if she wants to keep her job. They're scheduled to go to trial in one week. When she meets the accused face-to-face, she realizes that it's no coincidence that he's specifically asked for her to represent him. She knows him. And he knows her. More to the point, he may know what happened over twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades avoiding her past. AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.Suddenly she has a lot more to lose than this case. The only person who can help is her younger, estranged sister Callie--the last person Leigh would ever want to drag into this after all they've been through. But with the life-shattering truth in danger of being revealed, she has no choice..."A high-stakes thriller . . . Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous." -OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE

Karin Slaughter

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American writer, Karin Slaughter studied at Georgia State University and worked as a designer and salesperson before being able to dedicate herself fully to literature. She is known for her mystery and suspense novels, with which she has achieved great international success

Slaughter began her career in 2001 by starting the series of novels set in Grant County, which have now been translated into thirty languages. Additionally, her series starring special agent Will Trent gained great popularity, and the author merged the characters into a single story starting in 2009

Slaughter has participated in major anthologies alongside established authors in crime literature such as Lee Child and John Connolly, and has published books outside the continuity of the Grant or Trent series

Slaughter is an active advocate for public libraries in the United States and her participation is common in charitable events dedicated to promoting culture

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