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In the small community of Grant County, Georgia, Special Agent Will Trent is summoned to investigate a perplexing case. An unexplained death of a prisoner and the murder of the beloved police chief leave the local department shrouded in suspicion and secrecy. As Trent delves deeper, he confronts a policewoman’s possible involvement and uncovers disturbing truths that threaten to unravel the fragile fabric of the town’s law‑enforcement community.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Karin Slaughter
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