North Falls: Book 1
Publication Date: August 12, 2025
The next thrilling mystery from Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series.
Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think.
Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites.
For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal. She turned away when her best friend’s daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home.
But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did.
Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?
The disappearance of two teen girls during a fireworks show sheds light on the underbelly of a small community.
Author Karin Slaughter serves up a psychological thriller with her signature flair in We Are All Guilty Here. North Falls could be the name of any small town in America, where everyone knows your name.
At the center is Officer Emmy Clifton Lang. She’s got a marriage on life support and carries plenty of self-blame for blowing off one of the teens earlier in the day.
As the investigation intensifies, the community must confront the darkness and explore the painful reality of those who prey on others.
We Are All Guilty Here delivers a high-quality dose of suspense along with a gripping storyline that readers expect from this author.
Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant New York Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter and Pretty Girls. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series, Will Trent is now a hit television series starring Ramón RodrÃguez on ABC, and further projects are in development. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.
