- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Delacorte Press; 1 edition (Jun 22 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385341970
- ISBN-13: 978-0385341974
- Product Dimensions: 16 x 3.4 x 24.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #125,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Addictive . . . Slaughter is a terrific writer, and she keeps the emotional tension high throughout.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“This chilling mystery is just begging to be read in one sitting.”—Cosmopolitan
“Move over, Catherine Coulter—Slaughter may be today’s top female suspense writer.”—Library Journal (starred review)
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“This chilling mystery is just begging to be read in one sitting.”—Cosmopolitan
“Move over, Catherine Coulter—Slaughter may be today’s top female suspense writer.”—Library Journal (starred review)
From the Paperback edition.
Book Description
Karin Slaughter’s internationally bestselling novels are as notable for their vivid portraits of lives shadowed by loss and heartbreak as they are for their dramatic criminal investigations. Her latest offering features the return of her most compelling characters and introduces memorable new ones in a tale of corruption, murder, and confrontation that will leave more than one life . . .
When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, he finds a police department determined to protect its own and far too many unanswered questions about a prisoner’s death. He doesn’t understand why Officer Lena Adams is hiding secrets from him. He doesn’t understand her role in the death of Grant County’s popular police chief. He doesn’t understand why that man’s widow, Dr. Sara Linton, needs him now more than ever to help her crack this case.
While the police force investigates the murder of a young woman pulled from a frigid lake, Trent investigates the police force, putting pressure on Adams just when she’s already about to crack. Caught between two complicated and determined women, trying to understand Linton’s passionate distrust of Adams, the facts surrounding Chief Tolliver’s death, and the complexities of this insular town, Trent will unleash a case filled with explosive secrets—and encounter a thin blue line that could be murderous if crossed.
Spellbinding and keenly paced, Broken is Karin Slaughter at her best. Here is an unforgettable story of raw emotions, dangerous assumptions, the deadly and layered game of betrayal, and a man’s determination to expose the most painful of human truths—no matter how deeply they’re hidden . . . or how devastating.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing,
By Nunya (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Broken: A Novel of Suspense (Mass Market Paperback)
I'll admit it. I'm in love with Will Trent. And he alone is the reason I keep coming back to these works.This one however, did not work for me. While I am continually intrigued by Special Agent Trent's battle with his dyslexia and his fight for a perceived normalcy, I was less than impressed with the supporting (or was it 'main'?) storyline of 'Broken'. It made no sense. Somewhere along the line Ms Slaughter had an idea of using the murder inquiry as a vehicle for 'revealing' Acting Chief Frank Whatshisname and Detective Lena Adams twisted and murky relationship and their individual characters. It didn't pan out. The meandering soliloquies of Mz Adams and Dr. Linton especially was just so wearying I became lost in the woods and glazed of eyes. The characters made no sense and the eventual revelation of who the killer was made even less sense. I was mad that not even Will could redeem this book for me. I got the feeling that he wanted out as badly as I wanted it to end. See, this is another reason why I'm in love with him...
4.0 out of 5 stars
A party where all the other guests know each other,
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This review is from: Broken: A Novel (Hardcover)
Author Karin Slaughter has a great readable style of writing, and keeps a busy plot moving well. Broken: A Novel is the first of her books that I've read, and since these characters have been featured in several of her other books, I had some trouble understanding what was going on at times. The book DOES stand on its own (with a lot of explanatory passages required), but I'm sure it would read more plausibly if read in sequence. I understand that "Broken" brings together characters from two separate series.Dr. Sara Linton returns for Thanksgiving to her family home in small-town Georgia, where she loved and lost her husband, Jeffrey Tolliver, three years before. Jeffrey was the chief of police in this little town; he was killed in the line of duty and Sara holds Detective Lena Adams responsible for his death. This back-story was a bit of a problem for me; all this occurred in an earlier book and even though it was explained several times, I didn't understand exactly how Lena was responsible. Lena is said to have a history of cutting corners and bringing harm onto those around her, and in fact we see that happen in the first half of this book, but then she has an epiphany at the threat of losing her badge. She's not an easy character to understand, at least on the basis of this one book. The action starts when a 911 call directs Lena to the lake shore to investigate a possible suicide; but the search turns up the body of a college girl, stabbed in the neck and chained to cement blocks. Lena and the acting chief, along with a young patrolman, go to the address on record for the dead girl and break every rule in the book. Shots are fired, blood is spilled...later we learn what Lena and the acting chief had to hide, but at the beginning of the book it's just incomprehensible that they could behave so ineptly. Sara is drawn into the mess. Sometimes her intense hatred of Lena sweeps over her; since the rest of the time she's revisiting her grief over losing her husband, it's all a bit "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." By the middle of the book I had found my place with these characters, though none of them were easy to love; and the author's great style and pace took over. Most of my reservations would probably not have existed if I were familiar with the rest of the author's work, though the solution to the crimes was not as well-integrated as I expected and the relentlessly miserable weather from beginning to end was a bit heavy-handed. Even read as a stand-alone crime novel, Broken is a more satisfying read than many. I'll look for more from Karin Slaughter--but I'll start at the beginning this time. Linda Bulger, 2010
3.0 out of 5 stars
The End of Grant County?,
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This review is from: Broken: A Novel (Hardcover)
Reason for Reading: I read the author's newest book every year.After an anonymous tip, police find an apparent suicide weighted down in the local lake. It doesn't take long before the suicide is proven to be a murder and when police go back to her house they find a masked man inside who flees, seriously stabbing an officer before he is caught. The man turns out to be a 19-year-old mentally challenged local whom everyone knows to be a gentle soul. Sarah Linton is in town visiting her family for Thanksgiving, the first time back since the death of her husband. She becomes involved when the 19-year-old begs to see her as she used to be his doctor. Special Agent Will Trent is called in to the case and works with Lena Adams, knowing something is going on at the police station that someone is covering up, while Sarah is bound and determined to prove that it is Lena who has screwed up once again and this time she'll make sure she pays for it. This is not a serial killer mystery, but the number of bodies does pile up a bit and the reason behind the murders is a reveal as much as who the killer is. Slaughter keeps the identity of who the killer is closely guarded, not giving many clues, which could annoy some readers. I was able to figure out the killer's profession but couldn't for the life of me remember having met such a character, so while I didn't completely solve it I wasn't surprised when it was finally revealed but I realized how difficult it would have been to have figured it out before the reveal. It's a good mystery. I read the book over two days. It was not a page-turner but Karin Slaughter at her worst would still be a good read. The killings were interesting, though not Slaughter's best work. A good story and worth the read. My problems come in with the characters. Slaughter's books are so character driven. If one has read all her Grant County and Will Trent books to date, one knows there is a whole personal history behind each and every one of the fixed characters. It was obvious in the last book that there is an attraction between Will and Sarah, I'm not impressed with that, and it continues on in this book. I don't particularly like Sarah as a character, never have, right from the beginning I've always preferred Lena Adams. Lena Adams as a character has grown tremendously, especially in this book, and yet it feels like she has been put out to pasture. As it also feels like this is the last Grant County book as there is no one left to write about. I somehow find it doubtful, but I do hope the author considers continuing to write about Lena Adams. Perhaps her move is not an ending but a new beginning. I can only hope, as we see what Slaughter has in store for us readers in the future.
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