THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Special Agent Will Trent finds himself forced to confront his past...

The kind of hold-on-to-your-hat, nail-biting story Slaughter has become world-famous for ... a satisfyingly complex tale spanning nearly four decades. The Washington Post

Karin Slaughter's best yet by far. All her signature strengths are amplified a hundredfold by the past explaining the present. Reading this book was like watching a great athlete having a career year. - Lee Child

Slaughter's tense fourth thriller to combine characters from her two crime series ... seamlessly shifts between past and present. Publishers Weekly

With every page of this story the tension mounts ... If you have a hunger for a rich and fulfilling novel then you owe it to yourself to pick up Criminal ... Slaughter at her most visceral and gut-wrenching best. The Huffington Post

International bestseller Karin Slaughter grew up in a small south Georgia town and has been writing since she was a child. She is the author of eleven books that have sold over 30 million copies worldwide in 32 languages. A passionate advocate of reading and the invaluable part public libraries play in local communities, Karin spearheaded the Save The Libraries project. She lives in Atlanta. Criminal is her twelfth novel. To find out more about Karin Slaughter visit her website or find her on Facebook.