We Are All Guilty Here
Published on 23. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-00-862591-7 (ISBN)
Description
The instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller!
The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the global sensation Karin Slaughter.
'A powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena
'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter
'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey
'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben
'A dark, shocking and visceral story' Janice Hallett
'An astonishing novel' Andrea Mara
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Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.
Emmy Clifton thinks she knows her neighbours. She's wrong.
She thinks it's just another hot summer night like any other. She's wrong.
When her best friend's daughter asks for help, she thinks it's just some teenage drama. She's never been more wrong in her life.
As the town ignites in the wake of the girl's disappearance, Emmy throws herself into the search. But then she realises: You never really know a town until you know its secrets.
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'Karin absolutely nails small town America with complex family lives filled with secrets and paranoia' 5 star reader review
'Brilliant, heart-breaking, tense, disturbing and another impossible to put down' 5 star reader review
'A compelling and intricately woven thriller that will keep readers hooked from start to finish' 5 star reader review
We Are All Guilty Here was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/6/25
The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the global sensation Karin Slaughter.
'A powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena
'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter
'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey
'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben
'A dark, shocking and visceral story' Janice Hallett
'An astonishing novel' Andrea Mara
***
Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.
Emmy Clifton thinks she knows her neighbours. She's wrong.
She thinks it's just another hot summer night like any other. She's wrong.
When her best friend's daughter asks for help, she thinks it's just some teenage drama. She's never been more wrong in her life.
As the town ignites in the wake of the girl's disappearance, Emmy throws herself into the search. But then she realises: You never really know a town until you know its secrets.
***
'Karin absolutely nails small town America with complex family lives filled with secrets and paranoia' 5 star reader review
'Brilliant, heart-breaking, tense, disturbing and another impossible to put down' 5 star reader review
'A compelling and intricately woven thriller that will keep readers hooked from start to finish' 5 star reader review
We Are All Guilty Here was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/6/25
Reviews / Votes
'A thriller of breadth and depth-a powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena 'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter 'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey 'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben 'A dark, shocking and visceral story ... Absolutely brilliant' Janice Hallett 'Powerful, beautiful, brimming with heart and grit - an astonishing novel. I adored it' Andrea Mara 'Impeccably crafted, achingly tense, and so deeply felt' Dervla McTiernan 'Brilliantly fresh and compelling - Karin Slaughter is on cracking form' Peter James 'You need Karin Slaughter on your reading list' Financial Times 'This is Karin Slaughter at her finest' Woman & Home 'The first chapter was so gripping, I almost missed my tube stop' Prima Praise for Karin Slaughter 'Compulsive reading' Clare Mackintosh 'Twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing' Adele Parks 'I'd follow her anywhere' Gillian Flynn 'Passion, intensity, and humanity' Lee Child 'A dark, sophisticated gem of a read' Janice Hallett 'Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next' Cara Hunter 'Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous' Oyinkan Braithwaite 'Never less than nail-biting' The Times 'Absorbing' Sunday Times 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' Tess Gerritsen 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' Michael Connelly 'A writer of extraordinary talents' Kathy Reichs 'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' Jeffery Deaver 'A great writer at the peak of her powers' Peter James 'Big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody' Stuart MacBride 'The queen of the explosive thriller' Good Housekeeping 'Karin Slaughter has - by far - the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson 'Sharp and absorbing' GuardianMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-862591-7 (9780008625917)
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Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant Sunday Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter and Pretty Girls. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a No.1 Netflix original series, Will Trent is a television series starring Ramon Rodriguez, on Disney+, and further projects are in development for television. 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.