Gillian Flynn says, “Karin Slaughter is simply one of the better thriller writers operating today.”

An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the neighborhood university campus, along with her ex-husband, law enforcement chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of following “suicides” suggests that a different sort of terror is stalking the youngsters of Heartsdale, Georgia-a headache that is visiting victimize Sara Linton’s loved ones.

A small town has been transformed into a killing ground. And the main element to a sadistic murderer’s motive and identity could be held in the unsteady hands of a campus security guard-a former law enforcement detective driven from your force from the hellish memories that will never leave her. Lena Adams survived the unthinkable and has paid a damaging price. Right now the success of potential victims may depend upon her … when she can hardly protect herself.