Book Reviews of Blindsighted (Grant County, Bk 1)

I had never read this author before but got this book in a box of books trade because the story sounded interesting..It ended up being beyond interesting it was fantastic!

The story is suspensful and the main characters well developed. I felt like I could really connect to them and what was going on in the book. It's a definite must read for thriller fans.

The first in the Grant County series. After reading this and her follow up books, Karin Slaughter is now my all-time favorite author! Her stories are incredible! I read one her her books in 2 days! That's amazing for me since it usually takes me about a week or more to read a novel! I recommend her books to everyone but I also recommend that you read them in order starting with this one.

Awesome awesome awesome! Another great one by Karin Slaughter. So thrilling had me up all night just to finish it. i am totally hooked to her literature! Loved it! ALSO OFFERING A 2 FOR 1 ON BOOKS!

This was my first Karin Slaughter book, and apparently the first Grant County book is a great place to start. Slaughter does not shy away from violence or grisly descriptions, but unlike many of her male counterparts her female characters are well-developed and realistic.

The only part of this book that was a little weak was the ending; I thought the revelation of who-dunnit came a bit too early. Other than that small complaint this is a near perfect thriller.

I am looking forward to reading the rest of the Grant County series, because there are clearly some storylines involving this book's main characters that could be continued.

i tried this author from referral from this site, loved her and am already waiting for the next book. I am now reposting the book to send on. Very suspensfull

Definitely creepy - but a first rate thriller. Set in a small Georgia college town, it introduces Sara Linton (pediatrician and coroner) - her ex-husband (chief of police) - and a serial killer who takes them for a harrowing ride. Truly a "page turner"...kept me up until I finished it!

I thought Blindsighted was just OK. I couldn't connect with any of the characters and I guessed early on who the killer was. It definitely had its suspenseful moments, but sometimes I found of the description of the violence a little too graphic.

Excellent kick off for the Grant County, Georgia series of books with Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver. Great crime/procedural novel with outstanding characterizations and a strong plot. Convincing start to a gripping series of books.

This book has several main characters. Jeffrey Tolliver, chief of police of Heartsdale, Georgia, investigages the murder taking place in his small town. His ex-wife, Sara Linton, is a pediatrician and the coroner. They are both likable and the book slowly gives you the history of their relationship.
Women in Heartsdale are showing up, if not dead, then nearly dead. The storyline is logical and easy to follow. I did find myself picking it up to continue (in other words, it wasn't a book I put down and forgot about). I enjoyed it even though this wasn't the most suspenseful book I've read. Gave it three and 1/2 stars.

I am a Koonz and King reader, but this book was as good as anything They ever wrote. I will be looking for more of this author. I had everyone as a suspect except the real one. WONDERFUL

Excellent mystery.

A tense, suspenseful thriller about a psychopathic serial killer in a small Georgia town. Sara Linton, pediatrician and coroner, and her ex-husband, Jeffrey Tolliver, work together to solve the crimes while also working on their relationship.

Great thriller that will knock your socks off.

Good characters and story line, graphic warning for the murder scenes and forensic descriptions. I read it faster than I should have, but it was a gripping tale. I have started ordering this series. I rated this 1st book a 4.

It was a great read!!

great book!!!!

I have never heard of this author. I ordered her book read the first few pages and I am hooked. I am now on her 3rd book, and she is GREAT.

Who killed a blind girl in the toilet? Thats how we get rolling, then another girl goes missing and our heroine the doctor is running down clues while avoiding her ex hubby the local police chief! Easy read that comes to a startling conclusion! Another goody from Ms. slaughter.

Not up to the standards that Slaughter set with her Will Trent series. Definitely gruesome and creepy, but with flat and predictable characters.

This is the first Karin Slaughter novel I have read and I couldn't put it down. There is one plot twist that I didn't buy but it didn't take away from the story for me. I look forward to reading the rest of the books in this series.

Awesome... couldn't put it down.

Familiar characters with a good story. Not as good as some of her later books but enjoyable. Very fast read!

#1 in series
In Blindsighted (book one of an anticipated three featuring Grant County, Georgia, pediatrician and coroner Dr. Sara Linton), first-time novelist Karin Slaughter comes out swinging in true medical examiner fashion. That is to say, covered with blood from the get-go.

Without warning, the body jerked violently, pitching forward and slamming Sara onto the floor. Blood spread out around both of them, and Sara instinctively clawed to get out from under the convulsing woman. With her feet and hands she groped for some kind of purchase on the slick bathroom floor. Finally, Sara managed to slide out from underneath her. She turned Sibyl over, cradling her head, trying to help her through the convulsions. Suddenly, the jerking stopped.
Sibyl is, or was, Sibyl Adams, a college professor who had the misfortune of being drugged, savagely raped, slashed, and left for dead in the toilet of the local diner, to be coincidentally discovered by Sara Linton. Coincidences don't stop there, and neither do the rapes and murders. The next is, unimaginably, still more gruesome than the first and it, too, is discovered by Dr. Linton. Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is Sara's ex-husband, and mercurial detective Lena Adams, another major player in the ensuing drama, was Sibyl's twin sister.

And the monster behind these increasingly more depraved acts? Suspects abound, from the diner's jack-of-all-trades, Will Harris, to Victim No. 2's boyfriend, to Jack Allen Wright who, a dozen years prior, raped Dr. Linton (that rape had been a secret until now). There are other possibilities, naturally, and it soon becomes apparent that Sara's an intended target.

A graduate of the Patricia Cornwell school of mayhem and gore, Slaughter has faithfully stitched together a fast, engaging, and diverting read complete with a strong-yet-vulnerable heroine. Characters are nicely if somewhat obviously drawn, the plot is inventive, and the narrative's pacing quickens the pulse straight to the cliff-hanging denouement. And really, what more can you ask of an ME thriller?

The first in her Sara Linton-Jeffrey Tolliver series.

Loved this book - looking forward to reading more about Sara and Jeffrey!

Dr. Sara Linton's lunch time meeting with her sister doesn't go as expected. She finds a young professor, Sybil Adams, raped and murdered in the diner's restroom. Sara's ex-husband, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver, is in charger of the investigation. When a second victim is found a couple days later, he knows Grant County Georgia is harboring a serial killer.

This is an incredible debut novel. I couldn't put it down. The characters are well-developed. You learn more about their histories as the story goes on. If you are a reader bothered by violence or graphic forensic descriptions, you may want to skip this series. My rating: 5 Stars.

A very good but slightly gory read. I completgely enjoyed this book.

I am a fan of Slaughter. Again she brings my favorite couple into a great story. Anything with Sara and Jeff as characters is always good. Loved it.

good book

It's Monday morning in the sleepy tow of Heartsdale, Georgia, and everything is as normal. That is until Sara Linton - local paediatrician and medical examiner and ex-wife of Chief of Police Jeffery Tolliver - goes to the bathroom of the local diner and finds Sibyl Adams, sister of detective Lena Adams, barely clinging to life. She has been viciously raped, ad a cross has been cut deep in her abdomen. Despite Sara's desperate efforts to bring her back to the land of the living, Sibyl dies, thus becoming the first victim of a serial killer ready to commit ore horrifying crimes than anyone in this genteel little town could ever have dreamed of.
Then, a young student goes missing, and, shortly after, another victim is found, crucified and lying on the bonnet of Sara Linton's car...

This, an excellent portrait of crime in small-town America, is an absolutely first-class debut novel. Taut, suspenseful and shocking throughout, this is a runaway success that puts Karin Slaughter (perfect name!) right on the front line of female thriller writers, alongside Mo Hayder, Cornwell, Reichs, McDermid and the like. "Blindsighted" is bloody well-written, too, and Slaughter has struck an exquisitely perfect balance between plot and character.

The plot is excellent. It's brutal at times, although never gratuitously, shocking, with one or two events completely taking me by stunned surprise, yet also moving and compassionate. The leading trio are a compelling, fully realised bunch, and their relationships with one another (especially Sara and Jeffery) are fascinating.

Slaughter clearly has some fantastic talent and promise within her. "Blindsighted" is reminiscent of Cornwell's own spectacular debut, "Postmortem", and, while not yet quite as good as her, she hopefully has a long, similarly successful and influential career ahead of her.

Like Boston Teran's "God is a Bullet", "Blindsighted" is a debut to die-for.

I could not put this book down from start to finish. The story grabs you right from page one and you just HAVE to know what is going to happen in the next chapter. Excellent character development which really makes you care about every one of them.

I just recently found Karin Slaughter and can't get enough! This book was not a disappointment. She is a great author.

While this was Karin Slaughter's first book, it was not the first book of hers that I have read. She is an excellent author and I am looking forward to reading more of her books. You won't be disappointed with this book. I just couldn't put it down.

This was my frist Karin Slaughter book. I enjoyed everything about it. The story was fast paced, exciting, and the characters were believable. I did figure out who the bad guy was about 1/2 way through, but that did not stop me from reading till the end.

Sara Linton and Chief Jeffrey Tolliver make a good couple and I can't wait to see if they are paired together in other books.

A quick read, and one that keeps you thinking about it when you're not reading. What more can you say, a pretty good book

A well written tory of a serial killer has has now settled in a small town and continued his work, but he does have a goal in mind.
My first book by Karin Slaughter and I plan on reading her other two.

Great read! If you like Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardner, etc you will enjoy Karin Slaughter. I read this book in 2 nights, I had to force myself to put it down. So glad to have found another great suspense writer.

This is the second Karin Slaughter novel I've read - and the first one she wrote. I'm a fan - her writing isn't as in depth as Patricia Cromwell, but it has a fast paced rhythmn to it that keeps me reading. I haven't decided yet if it is awesome that I figure out the bad guy by the middle of the book and keep reading to make sure I'm right or if I'd rather be taken off balance at the end because the clues completely misled me and I have to reread parts searching for where I got off track. At any rate I enjoy her books and find them to be a great "fast food" read with some nutritional value. This one was no exception to that.

This is the first in a new series of books with an interesting set of characters set in Georgia. This is the last book that I have read in the series--having read all the others first. Because I had read the later books first, I knew a lot of what would happen in this book, but it was still good and suspenseful. This was not my favorite in the series, however it was still above average. I love Slaughter's character development, but I sometimes skim parts because I find her descriptions to be a bit long winded at times. She is definitely my new writer of choice for mysteries/thrillers with one interesting imagination! I can't put her books down when I get one in my hand. This one was no exception.

A small Georgia town is in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear.

wonderful read, really keeps you hanging

First in new series by Karin Slaughter. New character is a combination pediatrician/coroner.

A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work become clear.

Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation-a trail of terror that grows increasinly macabre when another local woman is found crucified a few days later. But he's got more than a sadistic serial killer on his hands, for the county's sole female detective, Lena Adams-the first victim's sister-wants to serve her own justice.

Excellent!!!

A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the localdiner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linto does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear. Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffery Tolliver, leads the investigation-a trail fo terror that grows increasingly macrabe when another local woman is found crucified a few days later. But he's got more than a sadistic serial killer on his hands, for the county's sole female detective. Lena Adams-the first victim;s sister-wants to serve her own justice.

Great Book, kept me up late.

First book in series about Sara and Jeffery in a small town in Georgia. Good reading.

An exciting suspense.

Love this series!!!!

Should be read barefoot, because the back cover states it's "A DEBUT NOVEL THAT BLOWS YOUR SOCKS OFF."

Engrossing and interesting mystery.

I liked it, will look for #2!

I enjoyed this one!

"A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear. Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation - a trail of terror that grows increasingly macabre when another local woman is found crucified a few days later. But he's got more than a sadistic serial killer on his hands, for the county's sole female detective, Lena Adams - the first victim's sister - wants to serve her own justice."

I really loved this book. It was suspenseful and I could not put it down once I started it. The characters became very real to me. I can't wait for the next one to see if it's just as good.

A small town in Geogia erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner does the autopsy thea the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear.

great book !!!! This is the 1st book I have read by Karin Slaughter. I had a hard time putting it down. I already have the 2nd book in this series "KISSCUT". She is one of new favorites

lots of suspense.my new favorite author

VERY graphic in a forensic manner. Hard to put down. Can't wait to read the next book.

VERY Good Read.

Good thriller!

This is kind of gory but well-written. Three stars

This book introduced me to my new favorite author!

A good mystery. Pretty graphic.

This was an excellent story, interesting plot, and a surprise ending. I was glued to this book and had a hard time putting it down!

Great charactors,good read

A bit gory, but a great mystery/thriller!

A bit more gory than I could bear, but well-written.