Undone

In Atlanta a serial killer has tortured one woman to death and almost killed another--and has just abducted one more. Two special agents and a doctor work to identify and find the perpetrator. Both agents are also dealing with personal crises: Faith learns she is pregnant and diabetic. Will feels trapped in a bad marriage. Their personal situations make the pair seem especially human as they carry out their determined pursuit of the killer. Natalie Ross skillfully portrays the multiple dimensions of Slaughter's main characters. In addition, she creatively shapes distinct personalities for many of the secondary characters: a commanding boss, a drug-addicted prostitute, a conniving wife, and others. Ross's characterizations and authoritative delivery of police and medical procedures make Slaughter's story believable and compelling. M.B. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Starred review from June 1, 2009
Bestseller Slaughter brings together characters from her two series for the first time with electrifying results. Dr. Sara Linton, who lost her husband in 2007’s Beyond Reach
, has left rural Grant County for a new life in an underfunded Atlanta hospital. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and Will Trent, last seen in 2008’s Fractured
, happen to be in the hospital’s ER when a woman known only as “Anna” arrives. Anna was hit by a car after escaping from an unknown captor, whose underground torture chamber Will soon uncovers near the accident site, along with the body of a second woman he believes was held in the same bunker. When another woman is snatched, Faith and Will realize they’re chasing a sadistic serial killer. As the GBI agents try to connect the victims, Sara becomes more involved in the investigation, even as it dredges up painful memories from her past. Slaughter ups the emotional ante with every twist and turn in this disturbing thriller.