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In a stifling hospital room in a small Georgia town, Detective Lena Adams sits, silent and angry—the only suspect in a horrific murder. Soon, a hundred miles away, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver will get the call that his young detective has been arrested. And Jeffrey’s wife, pediatrician and medical examiner Sara Linton, has troubles of her own and little patience for Lena or her dramas. Fighting a heartbreaking malpractice suit, Sara cannot guess that within days she herself will be at the center of a bizarre and murderous case.
For Lena has fled back to the place where she grew up hard, careening back through the shadows of her past and into a shocking underground world of bigotry and rage. And now only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies and brutality that has trapped her—as this powerhouse of a novel races toward its shattering climax…and a final, unforgettable twist.
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A native of Georgia, Karin Slaughter is the #1 internationally bestselling author of Fractured, Triptych, Faithless, A Faint Cold Fear, which was named an International Book-of-the-Month Club selection, Indelible, Kisscut, and Blindsighted; she contributed to and edited Like a Charm.
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
'Skin Privilege' (called 'Beyond Reach' in the U.S.), the sixth book in Karin Slaughter's Grant County series begins when Sara and her husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, must travel to rural Reese, where Lena Adams, Jeffrey's often reckless detective, has been injured in an explosion that killed a local woman. Lena's mysterious escape from the hospital plunges her, Sara and Jeffrey into a dangerous web of meth trafficking, white supremacy groups and long-buried family secrets.
Once you get past the slow start this book is a brilliant read that is truly unputdownable. Slaughter expertly shifts back and forth in both time and point of view connecting every loose plot strand in a devastating and unforgettable climax. My only real complaint about this book is the fact that the story all revolves around Lena (again) as she isn't the best character in the series by a long shot and her almost teenager-like attitude and persona is becoming increasingly more annoying with each book. Otherwise this is an excellent read that fans of the series should love and the shocking and unforgettable ending is strong enough to whet your appetite for Slaughters next book, Sleeping Dogs, due in 2008.
Once you get past the slow start this book is a brilliant read that is truly unputdownable. Slaughter expertly shifts back and forth in both time and point of view connecting every loose plot strand in a devastating and unforgettable climax. My only real complaint about this book is the fact that the story all revolves around Lena (again) as she isn't the best character in the series by a long shot and her almost teenager-like attitude and persona is becoming increasingly more annoying with each book. Otherwise this is an excellent read that fans of the series should love and the shocking and unforgettable ending is strong enough to whet your appetite for Slaughters next book, Sleeping Dogs, due in 2008.
142 of 144 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Not very good of Amazon recommending this as a book to buy with Skin Privileges when this is the same book
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
One or two people have put massive spoilers in some of their reviews for this book (under Skin Privilege) so unfortunately I knew what was coming and when it did it was totally shocking. If you have followed the `Grant County' series from book 1 (Blindsighted) through to this possibly final one (I say possibly because I've read somewhere that Karin Slaughter is taking a few years off from `Grant County'), you will have appreciated how as a writer Slaughter has matured and developed her characters. This is especially so in the fifth book (Faithless) in which she incorporates Sara and Jeffrey first meeting into the up to date story and gives the reader great insight into their relationship which puts into perspective some of the feelings and emotions of the previous books, and indeed into Skin Privilege.
Much of this book is about Lena Adams, Jeffrey's former colleague. Some reviewers have said that it's too much about Lena rather than Jeffrey and Sara but Lena has always been a big part of Grant County and, in a way, this book has gone back into Lena's past in the same way Faithless did with Jeffrey and Sara. Lena deserved to have her childhood looked into and have some of the wrongs put right. She's always seemed such an angry and bad tempered character in the previous books and in this one, her upbringing by her uncle Hank comes to the fore and answers some previously unasked questions. For past readers of the Grant County series all this is more important than the crimes which the book is centred around, but for those who are reading this as a stand alone story then the dreadful vicious murders, violence, racism and thrill of the chase gives a great un-put-downable story. I think Slaughter is up there with the best of the crime and thriller writers and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book or any of the Grant County series.
One last thing, if you read this book DO NOT BUY SKIN PRIVILEGE, it is the same book with a different title.
Much of this book is about Lena Adams, Jeffrey's former colleague. Some reviewers have said that it's too much about Lena rather than Jeffrey and Sara but Lena has always been a big part of Grant County and, in a way, this book has gone back into Lena's past in the same way Faithless did with Jeffrey and Sara. Lena deserved to have her childhood looked into and have some of the wrongs put right. She's always seemed such an angry and bad tempered character in the previous books and in this one, her upbringing by her uncle Hank comes to the fore and answers some previously unasked questions. For past readers of the Grant County series all this is more important than the crimes which the book is centred around, but for those who are reading this as a stand alone story then the dreadful vicious murders, violence, racism and thrill of the chase gives a great un-put-downable story. I think Slaughter is up there with the best of the crime and thriller writers and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book or any of the Grant County series.
One last thing, if you read this book DO NOT BUY SKIN PRIVILEGE, it is the same book with a different title.
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spellbound
cannot wait for the next book in the grant county series and bargain prices are even better.the condition of the book was exellent so very pleased with my purchase.
Published 25 days ago by sylv
This has happened before
Reading through some of the other reviews on Karin Slaughter other people have found the same book under two different titles - the other title for this novel is Skin Privilege. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Choochoo's Mum
Beyond reach
Karin Slaughter is a very fine detective writer and I would recomend the whole series which I read one of the other. 5 stars from me.
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. S. Mcgrath
Beyond Reach / Skin Priviledge
I really think it is wrong of Amazon to advertise the above books as 2 separate items when they are the same book! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mrs. S. A. Emlyn-jones
don't be fooled by same book released with different titles
Book brilliant Fact it is published under two titles misleading and wish I had read reviews before buying As others have said watch out for Undone and Genesis which are also same... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Maggie Raz
Excellent
Only just recently started reading books by this author and they are an excellent read. I will now have to back and read her earlier work!
Published 20 months ago by Lio
Duplication
Yes, this is a good Karin Slaughter book but it is not a new one. It is just a different title. It is also known as 'Skin Privelege'. So don't be fooled into buying it. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2010 by J. Pascoe
Beyond Reach
"Beyond Reach" is the US title for Slaughter's "Skin Privilege"--as it was entitled this side of the Pond. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2009 by Molly Charles
Engrossingly Brilliant
The author's books are great for many reasons, but one that particular comes to mind are characters. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2007 by Tez Miller
An Excellent Plot
AS A PREVIOUS REVIEWER NOTED, THIS IS THE SAME BOOK AS SKIN PRIVILEGES BY THE SAME AUTHOR BUT UNDER A DIFFERENT TITLE. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2007 by J. Chippindale
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