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blonde hair, BLUE eyes
BY Karin slaughter
blonde hair, BLUE eyes
BY Karin slaughter
Fiction / Thriller / Suspense
Date Published: 8/18/2015
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
A beautiful young girl was walking down the street―when suddenly
Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way.
Beautiful, intelligent, a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be
carefree. But instead she is frightened. Because girls are disappearing.
A fellow student, Beatrice Oliver, is missing. A homeless woman
called Mona-No-Name is missing. Both taken off the street. Both gone without a
trace.
Julia is determined to find out the reasons behind their
disappearances. And she doesn't want to be next…
Michael Connelly calls Karin Slaughter "unrivaled among
thriller writers." This gripping, unforgettable short story proves why.
And be sure to order Karin's new novel,
Pretty Girls, on sale September 29, 2015.
And be sure to order Karin's new novel,
Pretty Girls, on sale September 29, 2015.
REVIEW
Can
You Ever Be Too Paranoid? Evidently, not!
Julia Carroll finally has an official boyfriend,
and losing her virginity has never seemed so attainable. But then a missing
coed happens, and Beatrice Oliver’s description matches Julia’s to a T.
Nineteen, beautiful, with blonde hair and blue eyes, is it a mere coincidence
that the girls have this much in common? Or is something more sinister afoot? Julia
is determined to find out and pitches doing a story on Oliver to her school
paper, but her superiors wonder whether covering the details of this one
insignificant statistic is even worth the bother. Julia thinks it is, but then
she’s taking this disappearance personally. Too personally? That’s what we turn
the pages to find out.
Karin Slaughter has a winning way with
putting her touch on complex subject matter, and sexual crimes against women are
that, but it all works in this smart little twister of a tale. Her choice in
making Julia a journalism student is a good one. It allows for plenty of
opportunity for venting perspectives on this charged topic.
I especially loved the way Ms.
Slaughter uses Julia’s daily schedule to slide in all the times women suppress their
instincts about acting on unwelcomed sexual advances. While there are different
reasons for not shouting, “Get your filthy hands off me!” the idea that it’s
commonplace for females to subjugate what’s in their own best interests sets up
an interesting dynamic when juxtapositioned against a sexual assault. For
instance, does Julia’s constantly talking herself out of being proactive about implied
threats lead to nurturing a submissive attitude? And is a submissive attitude
needed when one finds themselves in danger? It’s an extremely clever observation
and leads to some pretty awesome layering of emotions and psychology in how a
person will react to a given situation.
Yes, there is all that, but rest
assured, at its heart, Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes is a fast-paced, downright creepy
thriller. And because of the fleshing out of these characters, we are right there
with Julia in being suspicious of every acquaintance and situation she
encounters. The tension is ratcheted up high and every squeak of a rubber-soled
sneaker on a tiled floor will have you jumping. Guaranteed that you’ll have a
hard time putting this one down.
AUTHOR BIO
Karin Slaughter is the #1
internationally bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the
Will Trent and Grant County series and the instant New York Times bestseller Cop
Town. There are more than 35 million copies of her books in print around the
world.
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