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The Secrets We Hide (A North Falls Thriller, 2) by Karin Slaughter

The Secrets We Hide (A North Falls Thriller, 2)

by Karin Slaughter

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  • Aug 11, 2026, 464 pages
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The next thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series. Welcome back to North Falls — a small town with big secrets.

Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, investigate a brutal attack that shatters their town's fragile peace.

But the deeper Emmy digs, the more dangerous it gets...

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Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular storytellers. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty- five novels, including the Edgar nominated Cop Town and standalone novels Pretty Girls and False Witness. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her, based on her novel, debuted at #1 worldwide on Netflix as an original series in 2022. Her bestselling thriller series, Will Trent, is now a television and streaming sensation in its 4th season. The Good Daughter will soon be a limited series starring Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy, and further projects are currently in development for film/TV. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project―a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.

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