Review

Indelible

by Karin Slaughter


Karin Slaughter has quietly made a name for herself as Patricia Cornwell's heir apparent. Her Southern sensibilities, combined with compelling characters, detailed descriptions of crime scenes and psychological tension, have made her three previous Grant County suspense novels popular and critical favorites.

Although INDELIBLE shares its rich Southern backdrop and deftly drawn main characters with Slaughter's earlier works, its focus and approach are dramatically different. Whereas the earlier Grant County novels centered on serial killers and grisly murders, INDELIBLE travels freely between past and present as it investigates not o