{"product_id":"false-witness-a-novel-isbn-9780062858955","title":"False Witness: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There's deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner.\"— theSkimm \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe saw what you did. He knows who you are…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePieces of Her \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, an electrifying standalone psychological thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN ORDINARY LIFE…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She’s an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHIDES A DEVASTATING PAST...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Leigh’s ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure … a childhood tarnished by dark family secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBUT NOW THE PAST IS CATCHING UP…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a Sunday night at her daughter’s school play, she gets a call from one of the firm's partners who wants Leigh to come on board to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. Though wary of the case, it becomes apparent she doesn't have much choice if she wants to keep her job. They're scheduled to go to trial in one week. When she meets the accused face-to-face, she realizes in a moment of chilling suspense that it’s no coincidence that he’s specifically asked for her to represent him. She knows him. And he knows her. More to the point, he may know what happened over twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades avoiding her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly she has a lot more to lose than this case as she's pulled into a dangerous game of blackmail. The only person who can help is her younger, estranged sister Callie—the last person Leigh would ever want to drag into this after all they’ve been through. But with the life-shattering truth in danger of being revealed, she has no choice...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A high-stakes thriller . . . Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous.” –OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“If you’re into mystery thrillers, then you’re into Karin Slaughter.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003etheSkimm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There’s never a dull moment in Georgia with Karin Slaughter on the literary rampage.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post on The Last Widow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eThe Last Widow\u003c\/em\u003e] does what all great Slaughter books do: keeps you on the edge of your seat. It’s a chilling whodunit for our times.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade on The Last Widow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cunningly conceived and written . . . Deeply satisfying.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Slaughter skillfully and assuredly relates the violence of a sociopath, while creating an emotional connection to lives touched by tragedy and addressing current events.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Slaughter reliably delivers high-stakes thrillers, but \u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e is the author at her best, weaving a multi-layered, addictive story with characters you won’t soon forget.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Augusta Chronicle on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Annnnd she does it again. Slaughter's latest high-stakes thriller follows a defense attorney whose dark past is coming back to haunt her — all thanks to a new client she's called in to represent days before his trial. There's deception, sabotage, violence, family secrets . . . all the stuff you could want from a fictional page-turner, really.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003etheSkimm on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Slaughter’s latest stand-alone could very well be one of your favorite books of 2021 . . . It delivers on so many levels—from the gut-punch of the first chapter through to the heartbreaking last page—this is Slaughter at her very best.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Book Review on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     \"Slaughter has written a wickedly sharp and arresting tour de force that blends a riveting plot and emotional subterfuge with the kind of propulsive prose that makes \u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e absolutely unputdownable.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauren Francis-Sharma, author of Book of the Little Axe, on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Slaughter doesn’t save her twists for the end, instead peppering them throughout the intricately layered story amid stomach-churning near misses and gripping character revelations. Equal parts hyperrealistic thriller and epic tragedy, Slaughter’s latest is pitch-perfect storytelling.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review) on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A shared secret comes back haunt two sisters who are forced to confront a dark and terrifying reality. Rich characters and deft plotting make this an unputdownable story that will move you to the core. This is Slaughter's best yet.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCamilla Läckberg, internationally bestselling author, on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e] will keep readers transfixed. Slaughter is writing at the top of her game.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review) on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Written during the pandemic, \u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e, a standalone thriller by bestselling author Karin Slaughter, tackles many issues exacerbated and spotlighted during Covid like food insecurity, the housing crisis, inmate treatment in prison, racism, misogyny, and the overwhelming demands on women. Leigh, a female defense attorney whose latest client's engagement wasn't exactly a coincidence and, in fact, requires her to get him acquitted or risk her own secrets being exposed, will surely find her own place on the screen like the protagonist of Slaughter's bestselling novel \u003cem\u003ePieces of Her\u003c\/em\u003e, coming soon to Netflix.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGMA.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the enthralling \u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e, Slaughter ramps up her storytelling skills to explore how two sisters cope with the aftermath of a crime. \u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e works well as a psychological exploration of its characters, as a legal thriller and as a family drama. . . . Slaughter’s mastery at suspense is at full throttle . . . A thriller that kicks into high gear from the first page to a stunning ending.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSun-Sentinel (South Florida) on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fiction doesn’t get any better than this.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Slaughter’s eye for detail and truth are unmatched.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGillian Flynn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Expect from a Karin Slaughter crime thriller . . . just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill.”   - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Slaughter offers us a high-stakes thriller that handles the tragedy of addiction with empathy and grace. Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOyinkan Braithwaite, award-winning author of My Sister, The Serial Killer, on False Witness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Karin Slaughter’s \u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e is a twisty, searingly contemporary mystery steeped in a dark past, and she weaves a story that catches your breath and keeps you gasping and guessing until the end.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStacey Abrams, author of While Justice Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Karin Slaughter is a master of the thriller genre and her genius comes through on every page, in every character, through every plot twist. \u003cem\u003eFalse Witness\u003c\/em\u003e is so suspenseful, it’s tension palpable, and the action so visual, I can’t wait to see its brilliance in film.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancesca Momplaisir, critically-acclaimed author of My Mother’s House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All of Slaughter’s books . . . are satisfyingly surprising and plausible, but it’s Slaughter’s prodigious gifts of characterization that make her stand out among thriller writers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Her talent is the equivalent of an Edgar Allan Poe or a Nathaniel Hawthorne . . . An exemplary storyteller, weaving her words with skill and intelligence. She will be recognized as one of the great talents of the 21st century and will hold an honored place in the realm of world literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Slaughter’s work is like a professional athlete coming to the playground to show the kids how it’s done. 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