Broken

Broken
by Karin Slaughter

Broken is a crime novel featuring Dr. Sara Linton, widow of Grant County Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver. Sara, now living in Atlanta four years after her husband's death, comes home for the Thanksgiving holiday and is swept into a murder investigation. A local college coed was murdered and a local teen with developmental disabilities is charged with the murder. The Grant County police department has gone downhill since Jeffrey's death. Sara, who blames Det. Lena Adams for her husband's death and is convinced the police are hiding something, calls in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to take over. Special Agent Will Trent and Sara start to form a bond during the course of the investigation. The characters are well-developed and nuanced and the story moves along nicely.

- Linda