Among my vast collection of books, there are some that are hard to forget, one of these being 'The Bone Collector' by Jeffery Deaver. Also a major motion picture from 1999 starring Denzel Washington, Queen Latifah and a young Angelina Jolie. It's brilliantly written and disturbing to the point of being ingrained on your memory. This story is so brilliant they haven't even adapted it very much for the movie, although you get far more detail and back story with the book of course. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145681/
Another favorite is a series of books by Karin Slaughter, The Will Trent Series and the Grant County series, however, these intermingle with one another and I have read them as a series of their own. They are all fast paced crime fiction following Sara Linton a pediatrician and coroner, and Will Trent, a special agent with the Criminal Apprehension Team and his partner Faith Mitchell. Each one is totally compelling and completely different from the last, but as a series they have great sub-plots going on alongside the main action that can be shocking and devastatingly sad. These are most certainly worth a read, but attempt to read them in order, as they do follow a sub-plot timeline of events in the characters lives. Begin with the Grant County series book one 'Blindsighted'.
Reading list in order is as follows, though please note the years, Triptych is between Faithless and Skin Privilege.
The Grant County series
Blindsighted, (2001)
Kisscut, (2002)
A Faint Cold Fear, (2003)
Indelible, (2004)
Faithless, (2005)
Skin Privilege, (2007 UK title), Beyond Reach (US title)
The Will Trent/Atlanta series
Triptych, (2006)
Fractured, (2008)
Reading list in order is as follows, though please note the years, Triptych is between Faithless and Skin Privilege.
The Grant County series
Blindsighted, (2001)
Kisscut, (2002)
A Faint Cold Fear, (2003)
Indelible, (2004)
Faithless, (2005)
Skin Privilege, (2007 UK title), Beyond Reach (US title)
Triptych, (2006)
Fractured, (2008)
The Georgia series (combining Grant County and Atlanta)
Undone, (2009), Genesis (UK title)Broken, (2010)
Fallen, (2011)
Criminal, (2012)
Paperback Out November 1st 2012 - UK
Available for pre-order from Amazon.co.uk


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