We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter - Release Date 08/12/25

 

Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think.

Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites.

For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home.

But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did.

Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding? HarperCollins.com

This is the first installment in Karin Slaughter’s new North Falls series and she quickly draws you into Officer Emmy Clifton’s world in this rural small-town in Atlanta.  I am a huge fan of her Will Trent series and wasn’t sure I was ready for a new protagonist, but I was instantly taken with Officer Emmy Clifton and can’t wait for the next installment.  Slaughter is a master at creating well-developed characters who are both loveable and flawed as well as her world building but her books aren’t for the faint of heart as she doesn’t hold back in the descriptions of the brutalities of crime.  We Are All Guilty Here is a shining example of Slaughter’s talents sure to please her many fans and new readers alike.

We Are All Guilty Here will be released on Tuesday 08/12/2025 but you can pre-order now at your local book store.  I was fortunate enough to win my Advanced Reader Copy through Booktrovert by Netgalley.  Visit their site for more information on how you too can win early releases of new books.  For more information on Karin Slaughter and her book tour, visit her website.   

 

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Laydown Lowdown

Whoo-hoo !  Summer is in full swing and the temperature is rising.  Perhaps you'll be able to relax and cool down with one of these new reads.

However, Romance might raise your temperatures with new releases like, "From Barcelona with Love" by Elizabeth Adler, "Echoes at Dawn," by Maya Banks, "Goddess in the Middle," by Stephanie Julian, or "Luscious," by Amanda Usen.

Over in Science Fiction, you can feel the chill of "Neverwinter," by R.A. Salvatore.  You may also enjoy "Iron Gray Sea," by Taylor Anderson or "Night Seeker," by Yasmine Galenhorn.

Float on over to mystery for "Criminal," the latest by best-selling author Karin Slaughter, "The Wurst is Yet to Come," by Mary Daheim,  "Die a Stranger," by Steve Hamilton, or "Lethal Outlook," by Victoria Laurie.

If you're looking for more chills, drift on over to Young Adult for the latest "Magnolia League," thriller, "The White Glove War," by Katie Crouch and Grady Hendrix, the mermaid tale, "Just for Fins," by Tera Lyn Child, or "Once," the second novel in Anna Carey's "Eve" trilogy.

Don't forget to dive on over to Fiction to check out Jennifer Weiner's latest, "The Next Best Thing," or "The After Wife," by Gigi Levangie Grazer.  If you haven't read our
May Book Club Selection, "The Night Circus," by Erin Morgenstern, it's released in paperback today.

Happy Reading ! Remember to support your local bookstores whenever possible.