''Kisscut'' is the second book in the
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Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American Crime fiction, crime writer. She has written 21 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, ''Blindsighted'' (2001), was pub ...
. It was originally released in hardback in 2002. The previous book in the series is ''
Blindsighted
Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. She has written 21 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, ''Blindsighted'' (2001), was published in 27 la ...
''. These books star
Sara Linton
Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. She has written 21 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, ''Blindsighted'' (2001), was published in 27 la ...
,
Jeffrey Tolliver
Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. She has written 21 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, ''Blindsighted'' (2001), was published in 27 la ...
, and
Lena Adams
Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. She has written 21 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, ''Blindsighted'' (2001), was published in 27 la ...
.
Book summary
Sara and Jeffrey have tentatively resumed their romantic relationship when, on a hot August night during the summer following ''Blindsighted'', Jeffrey is forced to shoot a 13-year-old girl to stop her from killing another teenager. What at first appears to be an unwanted pregnancy and a jilting turned deadly spurs an investigation that reveals the presence of real-life monsters preying on the children of Grant County. During its course Jeffrey battles self-doubt and remorse over killing a child, and an impromptu trip back to his hometown of
Sylacauga, Alabama
Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,578.
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offers up a major clue. Lena, who just returned to duty a month earlier following her torture at the hands of the man who murdered her beloved sister and terrorized Heartsdale, fights misplaced guilt and shame, battling suicidal tendencies and struggling to regain some minute sense of normalcy in her life. Even as she contemplates quitting the police, the only thing that provides her with relief is work, and as she immerses herself more and deeper into the case she finds an uncomfortable feeling of identification with one of its most damaged victims.
Book covers
Image:Kisscut.jpg, US ''Kisscut'' rerelease cover
Image:KisscutUK.jpg, UK ''Kisscut'' cover
Image:KisscutARC.gif, Original ''Kisscut'' hardback cover
Image:Kisscutpbus.jpg, Original ''Kisscut'' paperback
References
''Romantic Times''review
Amazonpage
Library Thingreview
2002 American novels
American thriller novels
Grant County, Georgia series
Novels set in Georgia (U.S. state)
Delacorte Press books
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