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Necessary Women and The Mean Time (Short Stories)

Necessary Women and The Mean Time (Short Stories)

Summary

‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ TESS GERRITSEN
‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ MICHAEL CONNELLY
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Two thrilling digital short stories in one from the No.1 bestselling author of the Will Trent novels

Necessary Women: She was fourteen when she watched her mother die. With her mother gone, her father told her she had to be the woman of the house. And then he went away for six months. Now she’s got a surprise for him...

The Mean Time: It’s a hot summer’s day and twelve-year-old Peanut and her cousins are being driven into town on the back of a trailer drawn by Uncle Toby in his tractor. It’s Peanut’s ‘mean time’ age and she’s about to do something she’ll regret...

Reviews

  • Slaughter takes us to the deep, dark places other novelists don't dare to go.
    Tess Gerritsen

About the author

Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, her nineteen novels include the Grant County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and the instant New
York Times bestselling novels Pretty Girls, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her.

Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project-a nonprofit organisation established to support libraries and library programming.

For more information visit KarinSlaughter.com
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@SlaughterKarin
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