Every Karin Slaughter Book, in Chronological Order
If you love thrillers, then you have heard of the name Karin Slaughter. The author has written over 20 thriller novels and many novellas. Slaughter’s works, starting with her debut novel Blindsighted in 2001, have earned the author multiple awards and nominations, including the 2015 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for her novel Cop Town. Slaughter’s works, as her name might suggest—and yes it is her real name—are known for their violence, shocking imagery, and thrilling mysteries.
When you read a Karin Slaughter novel, you’re getting a thriller unlike anything else you’ll experience from any other author in the genre. Have you read Karin Slaughter and want to make sure you don’t miss another single exciting, heart-pounding Karin Slaughter moment? Here are all the thriller author’s novels and novellas, in chronological order, so you can make sure to check each one off your list.
Karin Slaughter’s debut novel was Blindsighted, the first novel in her Grant County series. Set in the fictional town of Heartsdale, Georgia, this series follows three main characters: town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton, Sara’s ex-husband and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and detective Lena Adams. In this first book, Lena has ties to the serial killer they’re desperately trying to catch. Her sister was the killer’s first victim.
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Kisscut, the second novel in Slaughter’s Grant County series, all kicks off when a quarrel between teens at a local skating rink escalates into something deadly. At first, this appears to be just an isolated incident, but an autopsy reveals horrifying details that go much deeper.
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In A Faint Cold Fear, the third novel in the Grant County series, Sara Linton examines an apparent suicide at a local college campus only to discover suspicious circumstances surrounding the mysterious mutilated body and nothing in the way of clues. What’s more, more suspicious suicides follow. And the only person who might have answers is security guard (and former detective) Lena Adams.
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Now for something entirely different! Like A Charm is a collection of short stories, edited by Karin Slaughter and including a short story by Karin Slaughter. The short stories are all thrillers/mysteries revolving around one mysterious charm bracelet.
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Next up, the fourth novel in the Grant County series. Here, Karin Slaughter gives readers the “origin story” for Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver. Both Sara and Jeffrey find themselves in a hostage situation in the middle of the police station. Now it’s up to Lena and Frank to help diffuse the situation.
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Grant County #5 is up next! Sarah and Jeffrey stumble upon the body of a young woman who was buried alive in the woods. But this is only the first of many shocking discoveries the two will find while investigating this case.
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Triptych marks the beginning of a new series from Karin Slaughter. In the first book in the Will Trent series, women in Atlanta are being murdered by a serial killer who lives a very gruesome and specific mark on each of his victims.
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We’re back to the Grant Country series with Beyond Reach. In this fifth installment, medical examiner/pediatrician Sara Linton must defend herself in a malpractice suit. Meanwhile, Lena Adams has been arrested for murder and needs Sara’s help.
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Fractured is the second book in Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series. When the local police fumble a murder case, putting a young girl’s life in danger, Special Agent Will Trent takes over the case. But he won’t be working alone. He’s paired with detective Faith Mitchell. While the two have an immediate disdain for each other, they’ll have to work together if they want to catch the killer.
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“Martin Misunderstood” Is a comedic short story by Karin Slaughter about the crime fiction-obsessed Martin Reed. Be sure to check out the audiobook, narrated by Seinfeld’s Wayne Knight.
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Sarah Linton from the Grant County series meets Will Trent when she moves to Atlanta. It’s the crossover Karin Slaughter fans have been dreaming of! In Undone, the third novel in the Will Trent series, Dr. Sarah Linton teams up with Will Trent and Faith Mitchell to stop a murderer before he claims his next victim.
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Broken (Will Trent #4) has Will Trent showing up in Grant County to investigate a prisoner’s death. But what is the police force hiding? And why is Officer Lena Adams hiding secrets from him?
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Fallen is the fifth novel in the Will Trent series. When Detective Faith Mitchell goes to investigate her mother’s house, she discovers a surprising scene. And man is dead in the laundry room. There’s a hostage situation in the bedroom. But her mother is nowhere to be found.
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Criminal is the 6th Will Trent novel. When a local college student goes missing, Will Trent has no idea why he’s kept off the case. But Will might have a connection to this case that he never could have anticipated.
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Will Trent continues to work undercover as Bill Black in Unseen, the 7th Will Trent novel. Bill Black rides a motorcycle around Macon, Georgia, cut off from all the people and things who Will Trent knows in his other life. But without the ones he loves, Will becomes more susceptible to the darker parts of himself.
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Karin Slaughter delivers her first standalone novel with Cop Town. Set in Atlanta in 1974, this story follows Kate Murphy as she starts her job on the Atlanta police force. Right away, Kate is faced but nothing but adversities. The APD is unwelcoming towards women in general, and as the force starts to investigate the murder of a police officer, Kate suspects she and her partner Maggie Lawson are purposefully being kept out of the loop and away from the action.
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Pretty Girls is another excellent standalone novel. Twenty years ago, Claire Scott’s sister went missing, Now another girl has disappeared, and Claire can’t help but feel like the disappearances are connected somehow.
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We’re back to the world of Will Trent in the 8th book in the series, The Kept Woman. In this novel, Will Trent gets involved in a case of a murder at an abandoned construction site. But everything gets much more complicated when Will discovers the dead man is an ex-cop.
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Last Breath is the prequel to Karin Slaughter’s standalone novel The Good Daughter. A shocking event changed Charlie Quinn’s life forever when she was only thirteen. Now, as an adult, she is a lawyer who protects those who have no one else to turn to. So when a motherless teen comes to her for help, Charlie can’t help but say yes.
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The Good Daughter follows Charlie Quinn as a violent event in her town brings her back to that night in her childhood when her mother was taken from her forever and her father was left devastated. Now all of her past memories come bubbling back to the surface, and the secrets of what happened twenty-eight years ago won’t stay hidden forever.
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Pieces of Her is the first in a new series following Andrea Oliver. Andrea’s mother Laura lives a quiet life in a small beachside town called Belle Isle. But everything Andrea thought she knew about her mother changes in the blink of an eye when a trip to the mall takes a violent turn. Who is Laura really?
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Here’s the crossover thriller fans have been waiting for, merging the world of Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent with Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. Cleaning the Gold takes Will Trent undercover at Fort Knox where he’s sent to investigate Jack Reacher for a murder. But Jack Reacher is there for his own reasons, bringing down a dangerous crime ring.
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The Last Widow is the 9th novel in the Will Trent series. One summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control vanishes. A month later, one of Atlanta’s busiest neighborhoods is bombed. Sara Linton and Will Trent are on the case, but when Sara herself is abducted, Will has to go undercover to save her.
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In the 10th Will Trent novel, The Silent Wife, Will investigates the murder of a inmate during a prison riot. Another inmate is the prime suspect, but he claims he was framed. The real killer is still out there, and he’s been preying on women in Georgia for years.
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False Witness is a standalone about defense attorney Leigh Coulton. Leigh seems to have the picture-perfect life, but that shiny exterior hides a dark past. When a wealthy man is accused of rape, that past comes back to haunt her.
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Girl, Forgotten is the second Andrea Oliver novel. Andrea Oliver’s first assignment as a US Marshal is going to Longbill Beach to protect a judge who is receiving death threats. But Andrea is much more interested in another case in Longbill Beach. Nearly forty years ago, a teenage girl named Emily Vaughn headed off to prom and ended up dead. No one was ever convicted, and now Andrea has a chance to find out what really happened.
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Slaughter’s most recent novel is the 11th Will Trent story, After That Night. One night when Sara Linton is on call at the ER, her life is changed forever. A woman is brutally attacked, and the assault feels all too familiar. It reminds Sara a lot of what happened to her fifteen years ago.
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