Last Breath

A stunning novella from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series. A stunning novella from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series.Protecting someone always comes at a cost.At the age of thirteen, Charlie Quinn’s childhood came to an abrupt and devastating end. Two men, with a grudge against her lawyer father, broke into her home – and after that shocking night, Charlie''s world was never the same.Now a lawyer herself, Charlie has made it her mission to defend those with no one else to turn to. So when Flora Faulkner, a motherless teen, begs for help, Charlie is reminded of her own past, and is powerless to say no.But honour-student Flora is in far deeper trouble than Charlie could ever have anticipated. Soon she must ask herself: how far should she go to protect her client? and can she truly believe everything she is being told?The stunning prequel to Karin Slaughter’s standalone novel The Good Daughter