We Are All Guilty Here – Karin Slaughter

When two teenage girls go missing on the fourth of July, it becomes personal for Officer Emmy Clifton.  While she is able to arrest the man thought to be responsible and locate the bodies of the girls, she loses her best friend in the process.  Years later, after the assumed killer has been freed thanks to a scathing podcast, a similar crime takes place, robbing Clifton of even more.  This time, though, she is determined to cut through the secrets of the town, and her family, in order to save the kidnapped girl and find the true killers.

Karin Slaughter returns with We Are All Guilty Here, the first entry in what is meant to be a new series.  Taking place in rural, small-town Georgia, it shares some of the institutions, if not the characters, of her earlier series.  Emmy Clifton looks to be a strong lead character for the new series, so I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next.