False Witness is the new stand-alone book from Karin Slaughter. I listened to the audiobook version. "Two sisters, Leigh and Callie, committed a crime years ago to save each other from a predator. They thought they were free and clear. But someone from the past is acting like they know what happened. Now Leigh must ask her sister for help to save herself and her family." Slaughter gives us another wild story. The tension is high throughout the novel. You are always wondering if the next page will be the one where the sisters' secret is made public. There are characters you want to protect - Leigh and Callie - both abused by the father of a kid they babysit - both affected for life from the abuse. Buddy is a character you want to see punished. No sympathy for him even after what happens. Slaughter gives us a horrible character hiding in plain sight. A son who wants revenge. One sister who can't beat her addictions. Another sister full of guilt. And a crazy, psychotic girlfriend/fiance/wife. Slaughter chose to use the current pandemic situation as the setting in this book. She gives an explanation for the WHY in the acknowledgements. I thought that it did not help the story other than to place it at a specific time. She also gives a lot of drug addiction statistics that tend toward overexplaining. Again - doesn't add to the narrative. She also addresses this in the acknowledgements. Slaughter gives us a wild ending. And there's an interesting twist that was unexpected. I hope we get to see Harper and/or Maddie in a future book. Great audiobook performance from Kathleen Early. Slaughter fans should like this new book from KS. Thanks to @netgalley and @blackstonepublishing for the advanced listening copy. #falsewitness #karinslaughter #slaughtersquad #blackstonepublishing #audiobook #advancedlisteningcopy #netgalley #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookish #bookreview #hardcover #bookcover #bookhaul #goodreads #homelibrary #fiction #domesticthriller #crimefiction #thriller https://www.instagram.com/p/CRmEvGCL1-n/?utm_medium=tumblr
