I was sucked into this book from the moment I started. Didn’t want to put it down. I’ve always been a sucker for crime thrillers but this one is one of my favourites.

The start of a new series featuring Deputy Sheriff Emmy Lou Clifton. A strong character who's followed in her Fathers footsteps in her bid to rid their small town of criminals
4th of July celebrations are well underway, but halted suddenly due to the disappearance of 2 teenagers Madison and Cheyenne. Fast forward 12 years and the suspected murderer has been released, a few days later Emmy Lou finds herself investigating another young girls disappearance, is it too much coincidence to suspect that the same person has abducted Paisley.
If this first novel is anything to go by Karin Slaughter will have another successful series of books to add to her repertoire. Good procedural detective novel.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for this ARC. Emmy Clifton works under her father for the Sheriff's department when her best friend's daughter Madison and Madison's best friend go missing. It quickly turns into an abduction and Emmy may be partial to blame by throwing Madison a cold shoulder when she needed help. Now it is Emmy against the clock. I love this new series by Slaughter. These characters are ones I will continue to look for! Released in the UK in June. Released in the US in August. #WeAreAllGuiltyHere #KarinSlaughter #HarperCollinsUK

I absolutely adored this book and devoured it over a couple of days! It has easily been one of my favourite books of the year and I can’t wait to read more from the author in the future.

This was a great read, Karin Slaughters writing is just wonderful. I don’t think any book of hers will top Pretty Girls though!

I'm a long-term fan of Slaughter and love her Grant County and Will Trent books as well as some of the standalones like Cop Town and Pretty Girls. However, the Andrea Oliver books didn't land with me and I'm afraid that this book was the same. For some reason, it lacks the snap-grip of Slaughter which usually grab me from page one and don't let go till the end. This one meanders around and feels full of long-winded filler that really could have been edited out to make a far tauter animal. This feels like a draft that hasn't yet been honed and sharpened.

It also feels like this can't quite make up its mind whether it wants to be a police procedural or a small-town-secrets books and ends up landing somewhere in the middle, doing neither justice. When we need more than a hundred pages towards the end where the cops tell each other what just happened over the last twelve years, something has gone wrong somewhere. Add one of least favourite tropes: the vicious psychopath hidden in plain view and... yeah, just not may bag, I'm afraid.

Slaughter has excelled at both the small town setting for the Grant County books as well as gritty, gripping investigations so I'm not sure how it all went so wrong for me here. If this is the start of a new series, hopefully it will click together in the next one.

We Are All Guilty Here marks the beginning of a brand-new crime thriller series featuring Officer Emmy Clifton. I am a hardcore Karin slaughter fan, her books always leave me with some impact and she delivers the same with this one. Only she can write such determined and flawed characters and handle them beautifully. She dives deep into human emotions with her characters. I was doubting a couple of characters in the story but the perpetrator came as a surprise. I also liked the connection to the two cases, And the ending twist was unexpected .I will be looking forward to her upcoming novels featuring Emmy Clifton

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Two teenage girls go missing in a small Georgia town. Police Officer Emmy's best friend's step daughter is one of them so she is especially motivated to find the girls and the culprit. The investigation brings to light many things that no one in the town was aware of.

3.5 stars.

I have been a big fan of Karin Slaughter since the beginning, but her books are just too long anymore. This could have been cut back by at least a third. I was reading and reading and felt like I was getting nowhere. As far as the story goes, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't earth shattering. It just took so long to unfold. I am not sure I have the attention span for this anymore. I think the length of this overshadowed the positive content because I can't seem to come up with anything to mention in this review except how long it was! But I am a glutton for punishment, and I will be back for her next offering.

Wow this was an amazing read. Another winner from one of my favourite authors. I adore the Sara and Will series so I was excited to receive a review copy of Karin Slaughter’s latest book which is either an excellent standalone or a brilliant introduction to a new series.
Emmy, her elderly father and her son are all in the police department of a small town in Georgia which is named after their family, Clifton. It is set in two time frames, 12 years earlier than the present day when two 14 year old girls are abducted and the present day when the same thing happens and the perpetrator has just been released from prison. Is he up to his old tricks again? Emmy and Sheriff Gerald, her father are the investigators in both cases.
There is also a lot of family back story as Emmy struggles with her mother who has dementia and tries to work out what she wants to do about her boyfriend whom she just can’t seem to find time for.
I really liked Emmy, she is an excellent female character, brave and strong, determined to do the right thing but feeling the pain of earlier mistakes she feels she has made.
I don’t want to reveal too much about the plot as this would spoil the book but suffice it to say there are some real edge of your seat moments and some very surprising twists that I certainly didn’t see coming and I do read a lot of crime thrillers.
It was also a very emotional book too as Emmy navigated her personal relationships and I did notice the odd tear in my eye at certain points! This book has a bit of everything.
I hugely recommend this five star novel and certainly hope it might be the first of an exciting new series although I’d still like to revisit Sara and Will in the future ! Let’s hope I can do both.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my advance copy.

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I particularly enjoyed the leap forward in time and how it linked back to the earlier story. There was a lot of depth to the characters and I loved the ending. 4 1/5 stars from me.

A masterclass in crime writing! ✍️ 🩸

Not a quick read but, wow, was this a good start to a series! The story was based in North Falls with the Clifton family. Emmy Clifton is an officer, working with her father who is sheriff. Madison and Cheyenne go missing on the Fourth of July celebrations and all that’s found are bikes and blood. This starts an investigation that rocks the community for years to come.

The character development was excellent, with much back story, including both the family, townspeople and suspects. Plus, there were some amazing story twists. To say much more about the story would spoil it for readers but a worthwhile slow burn of a crime novel.

Equally thought provoking, informative, absorbing and emotional, this book gave me all the feels, together with everything you would want from a crime story. I particularly enjoyed the family development aspect, which almost felt like part of a saga and unusual in the crime genre.

For me, very refreshing, brilliantly written and waiting for the next in the series. Very much recommended!

Thank you to Netgalley, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction and Karin Slaughter for access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Due to be published on 19 June 2025.

Two girls go missing on the 4th of July during the fireworks display.
Deputy Emma Clifton is on the case with her father as sheriff but one of the girls is her best friend`s daughter.
Finding the truth in a small town is difficult and the more they try the more they find they did not know the girls at all.
An interesting book but a bit too long for me.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC and I give my honest review

This is an outstanding read from one of my favourite authors. Her books never fail to impress and this new series looks like it will be a huge success.

Emmy Clifton lives in North Falls and is the deputy sheriff to her father. With her parents both very unwell Emmy is taking the lead in an investigation to locate two local teens, one the daughter of her best friend. The town is full of huge families and guarded secrets and the twists and turns are a rollercoaster to follow. 12 years later Emmy’s FBI agent sister returns to help solve another case of a child disappearing and so many secrets come tumbling out.

So well written and with brilliant characters that I can’t wait to hear more about. The police procedural plot is well researched and the stories of the missing girls and their potential abductors in both timelines is a great and pacy read. Brilliant plot twist at the end, which I can’t wait to see progress in book 2.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This novel was fantastic! Wow! Loved the family storyline with the Cliftons being such an integral part of the community. Gerald is a much loved sheriff and his daughter Emmy his deputy. They work a case together of two missing girls Emmy is invested in finding them even more as one of the girls Maddison is her best friends daughter. Unfortunately they are found but dead, they get their killer and he is imprisoned. Fast forward 14 years and he is out when another girl goes missing. The original case is reopened as well as trying to find Paisley - the missing girl, will they manage to find her before it's to late and has the same person struck again?I
So many twists in this novel but the ending is so surprising you won't see it coming!
Can't wait for the next instalment! Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read and review this novel. Would love to see this made into a film!

• Very slow paced police procedural book
• Quite different from her usual gripping style
• Personal family drama overrides the case
• No suspense
• No danger
• Long and boring overall
• Disappointing ending
• Least favorite read from a favor author

So this was my first Karin Slaughter book — and I went into it with very high expectations, maybe too high in hindsight. We Are All Guilty Here kicks off the new North Falls series, and while I was excited to dive in, I have to admit I didn’t enjoy it as much as I hoped I would.

The first 30% felt super rushed, almost like it was speeding just to hit the “10 years later” jump — and then once we got there… not a lot happened. I honestly came close to DNFing the book because I was bored out of my mind. But then Jude was introduced, and things finally picked up. The story gained some much-needed tension and forward momentum, and the ending actually surprised me in a good way — it was clever, unexpected, and finally gave the book a bit of the punch I'd been waiting for.

That said, a lot of the book still felt like this whole thing was one giant intro into what might be a much more thrilling series later on. I'm really hoping the next installments deliver more of that gripping, can't-put-it-down suspense, because I was definitely missing that here.

Also, I couldn’t stand Emmy. Like, at all. And for me, an unlikable main character is often a DNF trigger. She just didn’t click with me and made it hard to stay invested. Luckily, Jude saved the day and kept me from giving up entirely.

Overall, this wasn’t quite the thrilling debut I’d hoped for, but there’s potential in the series. Here’s hoping book two brings the heat.

Many thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 Stars from me

Another absolutely phenomenal read from Karin Slaughter.

This standalone read features new characters, the central player of which is Emmy Clifton. Emmy fulfills the trope of relentless cop with a messed up personal life but utter dedication to the job. She is likeable and a great lead to follow.

North Falls is a claustrophobic town where everyone knows everyone, I love books like this that you just know are a powder keg of secrets, lies and depravity just waiting to burst out. And boy, once the surface is scratched in North Falls secrets rain down like a pinata!

There are some powerful emotional moments in this, one bit in particular I don't know if I could ever forgive myself for if I were in Emmy's shoes. This book pulls no punches, making it hugely impactful and I love that about Slaughter's writing.

For me the book had a slight drag towards the end and might have benefited from being trimmed but overall it is a superb read and if this happens to be the start of a new series I would be delighted.

Having been a big Karin Slaughter fan and have read most of her books I found this one very disappointing. Very slow with not particularly interesting characters . I didn’t even finish this book as I couldn’t see anything getting more interesting. Love the author but this one’s not for me

What an absolutely fabulous book. Murder, abduction, secrets, lies, intrigue, detailed family dynamics in a town where everyone knows your business, this was great.
Two young girls are abducted and found dead, the local sheriff and his daughter (around whose family the entire story revolves) his deputy sheriff, catch their killer . Fast forward 14 years and we discover things are not quite what they seemed when another young teen goes missing.
Slaughter as usual offers us a cast of characters with intriguing backstories and when almost unbelievable truths come to light we realise just how skillfully she plotted the novel.

Loved it!

Karin Slaughter is one of my favourite authors, and naturally I was really excited for her new novel. Unfortunately, this was a little disappointing.

I found it very slow, and very focused on police procedural, the characters didn't do anything for me. Jude was fine, but I just didn't care about Emmy at all, and especially not about her personal family drama which kept overriding the case. This a bit tame for a Karin Slaughter but this never really went there. There was not enough of the usual suspense or any danger for the characters and it just wasn't at all what I'm used to from her other books. I wish there would have been a POV of the missing girls or just something to make it interesting because I just found everything very boring.

I will always be reading everything Slaughter writes, but this one was just kind of a letdown sadly.