THIS IS WHY WE LIED by Karin Slaughter - Parade 'The 35 Best New Book Releases This Month: August 2024'

Parade | August 2, 2024

Will Trent is back! No, we’re not talking about the red-hot TV series. We’re talking about the ongoing thriller series by the acclaimed, best-selling writer Karin Slaughter. If you only know the TV series, be aware: you will enjoy the books, but they are quite different in the details. So either start from the beginning (they’re all really great) or just dive right in. In This Is Why We Lied, Will Trent is on his honeymoon with medical examiner Sara Linton at a pricey mountain retreat. A storm isolates the guests, someone is murdered and the idyllic honeymoon becomes a crime scene. As with all of Slaughter’s work, the violence is real and has a genuine impact. But here she’s also paying tribute to the “closed circle” mysteries made famous by Agatha Christie, where the suspects are limited to a handful of people and they all have a reason to kill the deceased. It’s funny, shocking, moving and filled with the sort of believable, grounded but still surprising twists that make Slaughter a master of the genre. Cozy? Hardly. Great fun, with great depth.

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