False Witness - Karin Slaughter

False Witness

By Karin Slaughter

  • Release Date: 2021-07-20
  • Genre: Police Procedural
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 1,568 Ratings)

Description

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

Reviews

  • Tested positive for frustration

    2
    By Mosaic4Ever
    SO MUCH COVID I couldn’t tell if it was sardonic or earnest. Not what I come for in an escapist read.
  • False witness

    5
    By lovehappyendings
    Great read…I cried at the end…
  • Meh

    3
    By Egg47
    If you’re tired of talking about Covid and politics of any kind don’t choose this one.
  • Incredible book

    5
    By MGoBlueAK
    I could absolutely not put this down!
  • Riveting

    5
    By kaykaybean13
    This story had me captivated and immersed so deeply that I read it finish to end in one sitting. The harrowing history of these two sisters is devastating and their loyalty, love and abject guilt they both carried with them since they were teenagers is diametrically opposite of each other’s yet equally as crippling and damaging. The twists, shocking revelations and circumstances that have happened will leave the reader shocked and the desperate actions these two are forced to face and the choices they have made will leave you awestruck
  • I want to like it

    1
    By plzNot Again
    More time is spent on details surrounding covid than anything else! Every other page is about her putting a mask on. Or when her sister had covid. Or when she had covid. Or vaccines. Or long covid. Don’t bother. I really want to get my money back.
  • Pass this one up.

    2
    By Angele's IPOD
    I was not a fan of this book. The ending was the best part. The constant Covid references were annoying and the characters were not likable.
  • Great from start to finish

    5
    By Lazybadchef
    I can’t recommend this book enough. No lulls. I couldn’t put it down. Great thriller
  • False Witness

    5
    By Terreesa
    This is my second Novel by this author. The audiobooks take me on a journey of intrigue, and suspense. I drive for work, and this is how I pass my time.
  • False witness does make sense for this book

    3
    By coliebaby2150
    The story is pretty good, it drags on a long time and the constant Covid reminders that have nothing to do with the actual story are really annoying!

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