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Monday, August 10, 2009
title: Undone
author: Karin Slaughter
genre: crime thriller
published: 2009
pages: 436
rated: 5 out of 5 stars
An older married couple is driving home when they hit what they think is a deer on the road. When they get out of the car to investigate further, they realize they have hit a woman. Once the dying woman is rushed to the emergency room, she is attented to by Dr. Sara Linton. They doctors soon realize this woman is on the brink of death, having not only just been hit by a car, but having been tortured for days. She is barely alive and Sara manages to get her name, the woman whispers 'Anna'.
Faith Mitchell and Will Trent work for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and are assigned to the case. Soon enough, they discover another victim and discover an underground torture chamber. They realize that the killer keeps two women inside at a time. Shortly after, another woman is taken and Faith and Will realize that there is a serial killer on the loose and time is running out. Sara Linton winds up also getting involved in the case and as the story goes on you get to learn a bit about her past as well as Faith's and Will's.
Undone took off from page on and didn't stop. I love when i'm reading a book and it feels like the author is taking me for a wild ride. This is what this book was like, a rollercoaster ride, fast, surprising and thrilling. The suspense slowly builds and I found myself absolutely hooked.
The plot was great and the characters were well written. They were multi dimensional, and I enjoyed getting to know them as the story went along. The ending was really good, and all in all, it was a fantastic read. This is the book I was staying up late into the night reading and neglecting some of my household chores to read just one more chapter..... At just over 400 pages, I finished it in 4 days.
If you're a fan of fast paced crime fiction pick up a copy of Undone, you won't regret it. 
About the author:
Karin Slaughter is the New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including Beyond Reach and A Faint Cold Fear, which was named an International Book of the Month selection; she contributed to and edited Like a Charm. She is a native of Georgia, where she currently lives and is working on her next novel, which Delacorte Press will publish in 2010.
Visit her on tour at:
UNDONE VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR '09
Special thanks to Jaime over at
http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com/ for sending me this book.
