Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
The plot revolves around the Carroll family - Julia, the eldest daughter goes missing and it tears her family apart. Her parents split, her sisters drift apart and time goes on. Until one day, when another girl disappears and everyone is pulled back into the past. The focus of this story is on the two surviving sisters - Lydia and Claire, for whom danger is much closer at hand than they could ever imagine. This book was intense. There is extreme vi*lence, ab*use, se*ual vi*lence and heaps of triggering elements. I read it in one day because I wanted answers as much as the victim's father. This book is not for the faint hearted or someone dealing with loss. It's hard and very disturbing. I started reading Karin Slaughter's books when I was introduced to the Grant County series. I loved those books and devoured them until she killed off my favourite character and I gave up. I started reading the Will Trent series and got through 4 books, but had to take a break. T...