A review by ljm57
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

3.0

This book started as a hard-to-put-down page-turner for me. Twenty years ago, Julia Carroll disappeared and despite huge efforts, no trace of her was ever found. Her family was torn apart by the heartbreak - her mother & father divorced, he eventually committing suicide. One sister became estranged and sank into a world or drugs, crime & abuse. Claire, the youngest sister successfully married but has inner demons of her own. But as we begin to discover the truth of what really happened, who was responsible & the extent of the cover-up, I felt it all became improbable. The villain was simply too evil but not entirely convincing; Claire was too naive & too nice. As the climax is reached & a final victim suffers at the hands of the serial killer, her rescue was totally unrealistic.