by Karin Slaughter (Get the Book)The fourth entry in Slaughter's Georgia series moves between 1975 and the present day. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent is livid when his boss, Amanda Wagner, keeps him off their latest case. But Amanda has her reasons, and they go back to the 1970s, when Amanda and Evelyn Mitchell were rookies and among the first women hired in the Atlanta Police Department. Despised by their male colleagues, they are treated with the utmost disdain. Sent to take a rape complaint at Techwood Homes, a roach-infested housing project, the two discover that three prostitutes have gone missing, and no one seems to care. Amanda, who still cooks and cleans for her father, a longtime police commander, at first thinks that Evelyn, who is quick with a retort, is somewhat scandalous, but the two bond over their increasingly dangerous investigation, which is continually being stymied by both cops and criminals. And what they discover about what has been done to the missing prostitutes fuels their ire and their ambition. Providing a fascinating backward glance at sexual politics in the workplace as well as a grisly look at a brutal sexual predator, Slaughter delivers another riveting, pulse-pounding crime novel. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: National media attention, including a tie-in with the Save the Libraries campaign, will help launch author Slaughter's twelfth thriller onto the best-seller lists. --Booklist
