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We Are All Guilty Here

We Are All Guilty Here

MysteryThriller
Pages
448
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! The first thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series. Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did. Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding? "Karin Slaughter's new series starts with a book that is a knock-out punch... My God. Sign me up for more." — Dervla McTiernan, #1 internationally bestselling author of What Happened to Nina?

Prose complexity
4/10

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TenseDarkGritty
Redemption ArcBetrayalMystery Box

Genres

Mystery Thriller Crime Psychological Thriller Suspense

About the author

K
Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971, in Covington, Georgia) is an American crime and thriller novelist based in Atlanta. She is best known for the Grant County series and the Will Trent series, as well as standalone thrillers including Pretty Girls, Cop Town, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her. Her novels have been translated into dozens of languages and adapted for television, including Netflix's Pieces of Her and the Will Trent series. She founded Save the Libraries, a nonprofit supporting...

Characters

Emmy Clifton-LangProtagonist

A North Falls police officer who blames herself for turning away her best friend's daughter and leads the investigation into the two teenage girls' disappearance.

Madison DalrympleSupporting

A fifteen-year-old who vanishes with her friend Cheyenne on the night of North Falls' Fourth of July fireworks, after asking Emmy for help.

Cheyenne BakerSupporting

Madison's closest friend, who disappears alongside her on the night of the fireworks and turns out to have secrets of her own.

Gerald CliftonSupporting

Emmy's father, the longtime sheriff of North Falls, who leads the original investigation into the girls' disappearance.

Hannah DalrympleSupporting

Emmy's close friend and Madison's mother, whose relationship with Emmy is strained by the girl's disappearance.

All characters in We Are All Guilty Here

Frequently asked questions

  • Is We Are All Guilty Here part of a series?

    Yes. It's the first book in Karin Slaughter's North Falls series, introducing a new small-town setting separate from her Will Trent and Grant County novels.

  • Is North Falls a real town?

    No. North Falls, Georgia is a fictional small town Karin Slaughter created as the setting for the series.

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