Indelible [Paperback]

Karin Slaughter (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: Morrow (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844133710
• ISBN-13: 978-1844133710
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,409,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karin Slaughter is a New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author. She is a native of Georgia.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SUPERIOR READING OF FAST PACED SUSPENSE, August 25, 2004

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indelible CD (Grant County) (Audio CD)

There's nothing much more frightening than a hostage situation. Leave it to Karin Slaughter (who has been compared to Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs) to open her latest Grant County crime opus with a wide screen scene of blood and carnage.

Two men with guns ablaze have burst into the Georgia police station and shot one officer to death, wounding others. They've taken hostages, among them is Sara Linton, part-time pediatrician and medical examiner. She's come to the station for a conversation with her ex, Jeffrey Tolliver, who is now the police chief. There's no room for talk among in this bloodbath.

Slaughter then pulls a fast one and does a flashback to when Sara and Jeffrey first met, thus creating two story lines. On one hand you have the death struggle between the hostages and two apparently psychotic captors and the blossoming love affair between our two protagonists. A challenge for any reader, but not Broadway and TV actress Becky Ann Baker who segues beautifully between the young Sara and her physical attraction to Jeffrey despite his reputation, and the older, wiser Sara who finds herself in what might be a fatal countdown.

Suspenseful listening!

- Gail Cooke

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good read, but not Slaughter's best., August 3, 2004

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Nick G - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indelible: A Novel (Hardcover)

Today began like any other day, until the shooting started.

Medical examiner Sara Linton, tagging along with her lover, police chief Jefferey Tolliver, is at the police station when two young men with masks and guns barge in and start shooting...leaving one officer dead and Jefferey wounded.

As the tense hostage situation builds, Sara begins to unravel the mystery of the two men who hold them captive only to discover their plan is one of revenge based on the sins of the past.

`Indelible' was a good read. I enjoyed the present day plot of the hostage situation, but the alternating chapters of the earlier years plot got in the way of pacing. The two separate plot lines did come together to tie everything up, but I am not a fan of books that alternate plot lines and time periods between chapters and this novel did it throughout. On the plus side there are some genuinely surprising twists and several tense action scenes. Karin Slaughter is a good writer and her dark, gruesome thrillers are some of the more enjoyable to come out over the years, but her newest in not on par with her previous books.

Nick Gonnella

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAPTIVATING READ from start to finish, July 30, 2004

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avidbookreader "Keishon" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indelible: A Novel (Hardcover)

I think Karin Slaughter is the real deal. She writes believable characters, great dialogue and great suspense. INDELIBLE just proves once again that Slaughter knows how to write a mystery novel and has plenty of surprises in store for the reader. What I enjoy most about Slaughter's novels is that there are always disturbing issues that are in your face and realistic. Implausible? I don't think so. This woman writes about the ugly side of life that many people don't either know about or don't want to face. No matter how graphic or disturbing, her books are captivating reads. I like her voice and she is original and again, the real deal. She deserves blockbuster status for continuing to write and improve with each new book. I applaud you Ms. Slaughter for your consistent characterizations, realistic dialogue and an all around great read. I highly recommend this novel if characterization is important to you as well as realistic dialgoue and realistic plots/actions/scenes. One of the best female suspense writers around. Read her. You won't be disappointed. As for trying to compare her to other established writers - don't. She's in a class all by herself.

Other authors I enjoy: Julia Spencer Fleming, Michael Connelly (who has praised Slaughter as well), Clinton McKinzie and last but not least, Anne Frasier.