Die Kinderärztin Sara Linton findet bei der Autopsie eines Jugendlichen Spuren ritueller Misshandlungen. Als sie und der Polizist Jeffrey Tolliver ermitteln, treffen sie auf eine Mauer des Schweigens.
An autopsy of a boy reveals that he was abused as part of some kind of ritual. Investigating the crime, Dr. Sara Linton encounters a stifling wall of silence.
When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton - paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. And what seems at first to be a terrible but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications when the autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse and ritualistic self-mutilation. Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, but the children surrounding the victim close ranks. The families turn their backs. Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime. And unless Sara and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it´s going to happen again.
An autopsy of a boy reveals that he was abused as part of some kind of ritual. Investigating the crime, Dr. Sara Linton encounters a stifling wall of silence.
When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton - paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. And what seems at first to be a terrible but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications when the autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse and ritualistic self-mutilation. Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, but the children surrounding the victim close ranks. The families turn their backs. Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime. And unless Sara and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it´s going to happen again.
Karin Slaughter, Jg. 1971, stammt aus Atlanta, Georgia, wo sie bis heute lebt. Mit ihren 'Grant County'-Thrillern um die Gerichtsmedizinerin Sara Linton und den Polizeichef Jeffrey Tolliver hat sie sich in den Olymp der Thrillerautoren geschrieben. 2003 erschien ihr Debütroman 'Belladonna', der Karin Slaughter unmittelbar an die Spitze der internationalen Bestsellerlisten katapultierte. Ihre Bücher sind in 24 Sprachen übersetzt und haben bereits eine Gesamtauflage von mehr als 20 Millionen Exemplaren überschritten.
©Alison Rosa