Karin Slaughter

Cop Town Karin Slaughter

The critically acclaimed and "New York Times" bestselling master of suspense delivers her first stand-alone novel, a thrilling tale of crime and struggle set in Atlanta in the mid-1970s.

Atlanta, 1974. It s Kate Murphy s first day on the job, and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she s not cut out to be a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can t handle a gun, and she s rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt, she ll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her own ax to grind (and a brother and uncle already on the force) a strategy meant to isolate Kate and Maggie from the action. But the move will backfire, putting them right at the heart of it.

"Cop Town" is an incredibly atmospheric nail-biter from the author the "Huffington Post" called an exemplary storyteller and one of the great talents of the twenty-first century. "