Kisscut – Karin Slaughter

When police chief Jeffrey Tolliver is forced to kill a young girl to stop her from shooting another kid outside the local roller rink.  The investigation into why she had been threatening the older boy turns dark, leading to discovery of incest, sexual abuse, and the type of pictures and magazines that earns one a visit from the FBI rather quickly.  Can Tolliver unravel the strings in the case in time to save another young life?

Now that I am up to date in her Will Trent series, I decided to dive headfirst into Karin Slaughter’s older Grant County series, starting, unfortunately, with entry #2, Kisscut.  Thankfully, due to the crossovers between the two and series and the sharing of some characters, I pretty much had the lay of the land.  While the subject matter at hand was deplorable, to say the least, Slaughter handled it in a good way, never losing sight of the damage being done to the children in the story.  There are six books total in this series, and I already pretty much know how it will end, so I’m sure I’ll be diving into the rest sooner rather than later.