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    El número de la traición

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    Karin Slaughter ha sido considerada sucesora del estilo de Patricia Cornwell, pero no es verdad: es mejor. En la sala de urgencias del hospital más ajetreado de Atlanta, la doctora Sara Linton se ocupa de una mujer muy malherida: desnuda y con evidentes signos de haber sido torturada, está claro que ha sido presa de una mente retorcida.
    El detective Will Trent, de la Oficina estatal de Investigación de Georgia y su compañera Faith Mitchell, comienzan la investigación de los hechos pero enseguida se dan cuenta de que la terrible realidad es que la paciente de Sara tan solo es una de las múltiples víctimas de un asesino cruel y sádico. Además muy pronto, otra mujer -inteligente, atractiva y bien situada- es secuestrada.
    Will y su compañera Faith Mitchell se encuentran en el ojo de un huracán para dar caza y captura a un asesino. En esta serie Slaughter junta a los personajes más queridos y populares de sus anteriores series y el resultado es explosivo. «La última novela de Slaughter es una lectura fascinante sobre cómo dos personajes con sus propias debilidades se juntan para combatir la maldad absoluta.» People «Karin Slaughter es una de las mejores escritoras de género criminal de los Estados Unidos» The Washington Post

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    PublisherRoca editorial
    Release dateJan 23, 2012
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    Karin Slaughter

    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 a television series starring Ramón Rodríguez on ABC, and further projects are in development for television. 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.

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    • 4/5
      When review copies were being offered of Karin Slaughter's Undone (also known under the title Genesis outside of the United States), I managed to snag a copy. I picked it up for a few reasons: I've been trying to expose myself more to the mystery genre, the cover is quite distinctive, and a quick glance at LibraryThing told me that Slaughter has a pretty devoted fanbase worldwide and has won and been nominated for several awards. I hadn't read any of her books before Undone and at first hadn't realized that it brings together two of her previous series and marks the beginning of another--it is the seventh book in the Grant County series (featuring Sara Linton), the third book in the Atlanta series (featuring Will Trent), and the first book in what is to be the Georgia series (featuring both them and other recurring characters).Driving home after their anniversary celebration, the last thing that Henry and Judith Coldfield expected was to be in an accident; but they could never have anticipated a head-on collision with a terrified woman standing in the road. Found naked and showing obvious signs of abuse and torture, she is taken to the Grady hospital in Atlanta. Dr. Sara Linton, still overcoming the death of her husband, attends the victim upon her arrival at the emergency room. Special Agent Will Trent and his partner Faith Mitchell from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation also happen to be at the hospital when the woman is brought in. All three soon find themselves involved in solving the terrible crime. The woman is in extremely bad shape and it doesn't take long to discover other missing persons cases that may be related; more women that have gone missing in the area under similar circumstances. Judging from Anna's state, the first victim to be found, the investigators must work quickly to locate the other women and their abductor--they won't be able to survive long under such cruel and brutal conditions. But if left without leads and without much information to go on, they soon will run out of time.Will was probably my favorite character in the book, so I wasn't disappointed when it seemed like he and Faith were being featured more prominently than Sarah (who actually kinda annoyed me for most of the story--she just seemed too perfect, especially compared to the others who showed plenty of flaws). The plot itself was paced very nicely and didn't rely too heavily on coincidence, although it did some extent. I did like how the book was sectioned off into days, which was helpful in keeping track of what was happening when. Otherwise, it would have been pretty easy to lose track, there was so much going on. One thing that was particularly frustrating for me (and for the investigators as well) was the degree to which police politics were involved--to the extent that it actually interfered with the case being solved. I really hope this doesn't happen so often in real life.Slaughter is a very intense writer and at times rather gruesome and disturbing, but she definitely knows how to write and addicting story. She doesn't shy away from using strong language, which didn't bother me a bit; other readers might be, but it was certainly used appropriately and in context. People really do talk like that. Not having read any of her books before, I wasn't sure what to expect or if I would be able to jump into the middle of a series. Fortunately, Undone, in addition to being a great read, actually stands pretty well on its own. Certainly, I could tell there was some background information I was missing out on and some scenes were obviously included as part of a larger series arc rather than being directly related to the case (I found Will and Angie's relationship particularly puzzling), but none of this prevented my understanding or enjoyment of the story overall. In fact, I started reading Triptych (the first Will Trent book) immediately after I finished Undone. I think Slaughter may have found a new avid reader.Experiments in Reading
    • 4/5
      Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents, Will Trent and Faith Mitchel just happen to be in a hospital’s emergency room when a badly injured woman is brought in. She's been hit by a car, but after an examination it looks like she may have been escaping from an unknown captor. Will heads out to the scene of the crime where he discovers an underground torture chamber. Soon he discovers the body of another woman who has also been tortured. When a third woman goes missing, Will and faith try to find out what might be connecting these woman and why they are being abducted.

      Undone brings back some familiar characters from previous books. We meet Sara Linton, a main character from another series by this author, who brings her own struggles. Faith is suffering some health issues and Will has a troubled past that he is attempting to keep a secret. One of the things that make these victims different from other suspense thrillers is that each of them is really unlikable. I read a lot of thrillers and I was completely shocked and surprised at the way this story played out.

      I enjoyed this series a number of years ago and recently have picked them all up on audio. Some of the detail is especially horrifying because you can't just skim through it like you can in a book. I really enjoy Will, Faith and Sara and am looking forward to Book 4 of the Will Trent series, Broken.
    • 4/5
      I found the story engrossing and enjoyed the sparks between Trent and Linton. The violence and cruelty level is high however so parts are definitely not for the squeamish. I deducted a star since was able to quickly determine who the killer was but was interested enough to follow through. It would be nice if the Angie character would just permanently disappear and if something would develop between Sara and Trent. I find her annoying and Trent acts like a love-starved adolescent when she is around.
    • 4/5
      As Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and Will Trent try to connect two murders to a hit-and-run victim, Atlanta physician Sara Linton becomes more involved in the investigation—an investigation which soon culminates in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer. Summary BPLBorderline Mo Hayder creepiness here I did not expect from my favourite crime thriller detective novels. Again, Ms Slaughter writes pitch perfect dialogue for our main characters, gradually drawing the reader into their lives, their histories, their rationales. She paces her unveiling exquisitely slowly throughout the series with the result that the reader reaches for the next book, wondering not only what the crime will be but also what insights it will offer into the psyches of its investigators.7 out 10 Had to deduct marks for nastiness. Recommended for fans of Ms Slaughter and realistically flawed investigators.
    • 4/5
      This was great, but it's the second of three books in the series to hinge the mystery on an unreliable third person perspective. Unreliable narrators are a pet peeve of mine because they're easy to spot and that destroys the mystery. Oh well. Still good.
    • 4/5
      I liked this book. Good thriller.
    • 5/5
      An elderly couple drives on the high way, when they see a deer running across the road. They hit it, and they stop to check if the deer is okay. It appears that it isn't a deer, but a women. She has a lot of bruises and the ambulance comes to get her. In the hospital, they find out her 11th rib is missing. Near the place the woman was hit, they find a hole underground. There's a bed at it's clear that a person was held there. What happened? Who was held there and are there more victims?I thought it was a really good book. A thriller that ''makes my toes curl'' as we say it in Holland. It was creepy, and I didn't find out who did it until 3/4th of the book. It was great, 4.5 stars!
    • 4/5
      Well I've had this book for quite a while now and just couldn't bring myself to read it. I'm a huge fan of Karin Slaughter and would wait anxiously every year for the next great book in the Grant County series and devour it quickly. But then our lovely writer Ms. Slaughter pulled the unexpected and did what she did. And although I completely understand why at the time I was shocked and even though I bought the new books when they came out I just didn't have the desire to read them. But as time heals all wounds I decided to jump back in and I'm glad that I did. This is by far one of her most violent and grisly books to date but I liked it and I liked where it seems she is taking the characters. The three main characters parts are well done and I agree with some of the other reviews the remaining characters are kinda one sided and not much to them. It reads very quick not my favorite in her lineup but I'm glad I read it and I'm glad that these characters are where they are at this moment.
    • 3/5
      A fast-paced thriller with more character development than one might expect from the genre, Undone unfortunately suffered from too much gratuitous violence and a few holes in the plot large enough to drive a truck through. And while the three primary characters had some depth, the rest were little more than one dimensional stereotypes. I’m glad the book read so quickly, and I’m glad to move on to something else.
    • 4/5
      Very enjoyable, good to see the characters come together. Good plot but a bit long winded.
    • 2/5
      Meh. Probably won't continue with the series.
    • 5/5
      This is the first book I've read by Karin Slaughter, and I really enjoyed it. It is taut, suspenseful, and well-thought-out... there is more than one connection between the victims, which shows both ingenuity on the author's part as well as respect for the intelligence of her readers.I really appreciate her characters. They are all flawed, which makes them that much more human... they really are multidimensional. She gives the good and the bad, the known and unknown, the confidence and the questions. Most of all, I like what she's created for Will Trent: a compassionate, insecure, earnest male character. There are only so many stoic male cops with a drinking problem to go around - he is something new.I look forward to reading the rest of the series!(Advance Readers' edition, received from Goodreads 7/6/09)
    • 5/5
      What a thrill ride!!!
    • 4/5
      This author was suggested to me by an aquaintance. The book was quite good. Probably not the best written in thw world but I liked the side issues introduced in it. eg Wills dyslexia, Faith's pregnancy.I will read more of her books. She doesn't seem to concentrate so much on the crime committed as some authors, which I enjoyed for a change.
    • 4/5
      *****SPOILER ALERT****** This novel was a bit difficult for me to begin due to the changes at the end of Beyond Reach, but once I began reading it, I found it intriguing how Karin intertwined the characters from the Grant series and the Atlanta series. Definitely worth continuing.
    • 4/5
      Good detective books but some of the violence is hard to read. I hope all this is based on a sick imagination
    • 5/5
      Karin Slaughter is the absolute best crime/mystery writer I have come across in this day and age. Her novels will simply astound you with their heart-racing moments and intrigue. Every time I pick one of her novels up I cannot stop reading until I'm done and I still find myself begging for more. She's a writer with no fear! She wields her instruments like a knife ready to dig in deep and take you by surprise at every turn!
    • 4/5
      Two women were held and tortured in a small cave dug into the ground. They escape, one survives, and the investigation begins: who are they and who did this to them? The author has combined her two series and so Sara Linton from Grant County works with Will Trent and Faith Mitchell from Atlanta.For some reason I've always enjoyed the Will Trent series more, probably because whereas 'Triptych' blew me away, 'Blindsighted' was "merely" very good. The combination of the two works. Although this book starts and ends with Sara, most of the time is spent with Will and Faith, and since it's their turf this makes sense. As usual the author uses the time to expand on their personal lives as well as the case and more than once I wanted to lean my head right into the book and and yell at the characters about the mistakes they were making.I enjoyed this book almost as much as 'Triptych.' It's a good and gut-wrenching mystery with solid investigation and another step in the lives of a few very flawed characters. Can't wait for the next.
    • 5/5
      So enjoyable. Forgot about these characters, all of whom are interesting.Weirdo kidnaps and tortures women (sos). The women are all anorexic bitches. Great cops, doctors, etc. All interesting characters.
    • 4/5
      Undone brings together, for the first time, the small-town residents of Grant County, Georgia, and the hard-bitten cops of Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation in a relentlessly gripping novel.Sarah Linton has fled to Atlanta seeking refuge from the terrible act that ripped her life apart in Grant County. But when a tortured young woman becomes a patient in her ER, she’ll find herself deeply ensnared in a case that rips the lid off secrets as dark and complex as they are disturbing. When special agents Will Trent and Faith Mitchell join forces to probe into the life of the victim, these three embark on an investigation that will change all of them forever.Wonderfully crafted, filled with superbly created characters and the forensic and police procedural details that are her trademark, Undone is the most thrilling Slaughter novel yet. (taken from the back cover of the book)This is the first time I read any of the Grant County/Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation series books... and although it can be read as a stand alone book, I will forewarn that there is a lot of information you don’t find here (especially background information on the characters).Undone commences about three years after the last book in the series. Dr. Sarah Linton is now living in Atlanta trying to escape the trauma she suffered a few years back. She is working at an ER and trying to make the most of her life, when she unexpectedly finds herself involved with Will Trent and his partner Faith Mitchell, and drawn back into a homicide investigation.I will say that the book starts off with a bang and you are irrevocably drawn into this story that will not let you go until you are done with it. The plot was intense and the characters were very well-written. I enjoy fast-paced, edge of your seat, don’t stop until you get through just one more chapter, types of crime thriller... and this was definitely one of them. I feel like I need to back track and read more from this author. Ms. Slaughter's characters are so multi-dimensional and so real that I just feel the need to get to know them more and read everything on how they got to the point where they are in this book. This was great and highly recommended to anyone who enjoys a fast-paced thriller.
    • 5/5
      Catching up with Sara Linton and introducing her to Will and Faith has restored my optimism in the Grant County series. I'll continue to read anyone that can fiddle with my heart strings like Karin does.
    • 4/5
      I received this book as an arc. It is my first by this author and I loved it. I felt like I was reading an episode from Criminal Minds. I have picked up several books by Karin Slaughter since reading Undone.
    • 3/5
      Slaughter has created a jewel with her Will Trent character, but the other characters in her books are hard to care about. Likewise, plots not containing Will Trent are predictable. Slaughter's stories have the raw violence that may attract many readers-the warped minds of her antagonists are unique-but if one depends on the development of characters to carry the book, Undone, like previous novels, is sorely lacking.
    • 3/5
      In rural Atlanta, a badly injured woman is hit by a passing car. She is alive but in critical shape. We learn that the woman was tortured and didn't know what she was doing when she walked into the path of the vehicle.Will Trent, a detective with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation goes to the accident scene and finds a cave where at least two victims were tortured. The local police fear that he is there to take their case away. They order him to leave but before he goes, Will finds the second victim, dead.As I was reading this story, I was surprised by the number of plot similarities between this 2009 novel and Lisa Gardner's "Hide" which was published by Bantam, January 30, 2007.Both novels have an underground facility where the villain keeps his victims. In "Hide" it is an underground chamber, in "Undone" it is an underground cave. Both novels have the antagonist with a family connection to one of the other characters. In both stories, the antagonist was in need of mental care and both stories have a compassionate male protagonist with a no nonsense law enforcement female associate.I enjoyed both stories and they both contained a surprise but the similarities in plot were distracting.
    • 4/5
      Before winning this book, I had never read a book by Karin Slaughter. I'm glad I've now had the opportunity to read work by this amazing author. The book is fast paced and hard to put down. Her main characters are real and compelling, you want to know what happens to them. However, I felt that her supporting characters were missing something. I found myself wanting a different ending, something that wasn't so neatly tied up, or better yet, more than just hints at what was compelling the bad guy to be so gruesome. I'll definately be reading future books, if for no other reason than to see if Will and Sara actually end up overcoming their own challenges.
    • 4/5
      I received an ARC copy of Undone by Karin Slaughter - but it turns out that this novel is to be published under the name of Genesis outside of the United States. A little confusing perhaps, but there you go. I don't know why one name wasn't chosen, and I do think that Genesis is more evocative name. Maybe the religious connotations are too much for the U.S.?Karin Slaughter is one of the leading lights in the crime thriller genre and she has had a hugely successful career to date. She is the author of two series - the Grant County series featuring doctor Sara Linton and the Atlanta series featuring policeman Will Trent. Apparently this novel is the 7th in the Grant County series, the 3rd in the Atlanta series and the first in a new series, the Georgia series, which will feature both main characters. This merging of two stories will surely please dedicated fans, while cutting down on the amount of writing that Slaughter has to do.Someone is taking kidnapping successful women and holding them prisoner in a foul, underground, cave which has been dug from the earth itself. When a car collides with one of the women, who has escapted from her captor, but is tortured and starving, Trent, and his partner Faith Mitchell, find themselves on the trail of a horrific and sadistic mind. When the woman is taken to hospital, Sara Linton is the attending physician and she is horrified by the pain and condition of the woman, who calls herself Anna. Her suffering and pain is beyond belief. When reports filter through of a similar woman being kidnapped, Trent and Mitchell know that they are in a race against time.It's easy to read this book without needing to read the previous novels. While you will be aware of past history, Slaughter does a good job of providing enough information to get you involved. The crimes described in this book are dark and ugly but Slaughter gives her lead characters more than enough human frailty and honesty to compensate for the dark nature. They are genuinely likeable people. Additionally, I felt that the author did a great job of taking the reader through the internal thoughts of a detective who is working to solve a case, as well as showing us how inter-departmental politics can jeopardise an investigation.The novel did feel a little rushed towards the end - and somehow, the ends came together a little too neatly. But Slaughter isn't the first author to fall into this trap and she won't be the last. Overall, this is a good, personable crime thriller. Fans of the genre are bound to enjoy it, and new readers will surely be encouraged to pick up another Slaughter novel.
    • 4/5
      I am still trying to figure out why the publishers keep changing books names.... In this case the same book got published as "Undone" in USA and "Genesis" everywhere else. Both names kinda work but "Genesis" is the one that suits better in some ways. Getting both her series together, Karin Slaughter had moved Sara Linton in Atlanta, where she is trying to survive after the disaster that happened in Grant County. The story is dark and ugly so if you do not like seeing what people can do to other people, just find another book. But in the same book the author managed to add friendship, love and enough feelings to make you believe in good. The first 2/3rd of the book are really good - fast-paced, logical and highly readable. The last 1/3rd is weird - in places it feels rushed, in places it just feels like someone either forgot to write a piece or an editor deleted a piece of an earlier part of the book so the whole thing just comes unexpectedly. But even like this, it's an interesting book. It probably helps if you had read the previous books but all the needed back story is in the book, in the proper places to make sense so it is not mandatory. Which makes the book even better - before it I had read only one book (from the Grant County series) so I was worried a bit before this one. Turned out not to be a problem. However - if you are planning on reading all the Grant County books and you do not like spoilers, do not read this one first. It's a crime story - women get killed, women get abducted, the GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) is there. But under the surface it is a story for the bad and good in people, for the choices someone makes, for the bad things that can happen and for the lives of people which seem to have lost almost everything. I am not sure which part was better - the actual story that was running or the background with all the strange relationships and fears. The characters are interesting - Will and Faith make such a partnership that made me smile even in this ugly story; Amanda is just hilarious in most places and effective in the rest; Sara is ... interesting (and I will probably be tracing down more books about her - she seems like a ghost in the better part of the book and the for the rest, she seems to try to make a full appearance). And then there is Angie. I kinda understand the back story and all but I still do not understand her at all. And while Will at least makes a strange but likable character, Angie is just... weird (and I will probably pick up the first two books from the Atlanta series also - hopefully they will give me some idea why everything happens in the way it does with her...)I will be interested to see where this story goes after this. 3 and a half stars out of 5 for this one and I definitely found a new author to keep an eye on.
    • 4/5
      Early on in Undone, I wasn't sure I would want—or be able—to finish the book. Some of the horrific things that are described as being done to the woman discovered at the beginning seemed just too much, and I worried that the book was an exercise in torture porn.Once past that obstacle, however, I found myself liking the novel very much. It's a familiar plot, as the police hurry to find a serial killer before he can claim his next victim, but it never feels by the numbers.Most of that is due to the main characters. They have apparently come from two separate series by the author, but Slaughter provides everything you need to know to understand what's going on, so that should not deter readers. The single most interesting character is Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent, who is (slight spoiler) extremely dyslexic, thinks he's stupid, and lets the women in his life run it. Readers will also meet the most unsympathetic set of victims ever.There's an undertone of misogyny to much of the book, and some very controlling women characters, which did disturb me. On the positive side we have Dr. Sara Linton, who has a powerful story in her own right.The book is suspenseful, with plenty of twists to destroy the theories readers might come up with. The way internal police politics can interfere with an investigation was emphasized to a degree I've never seen in a procedural novel, and it is quite believable. The novel scares and thrills, and even the ultimate triumph seems equivocal. I'm inclined to go back and read the author's prior novels now.
    • 3/5
      Interesting concept and a pretty good effort for the genre. I think I could have done without the cliche metaphors and while the two protagonists, Faith & Will, were interesting characters (both of whom I liked), it seemed as though their motivations and background were not fully fleshed out. While the book was suspensful the solutions and the intersections of characters was a little too easy and "neat." Overall, good summer reading for the the thriller genre.
    • 5/5
      Last night I finished Undone by Karin Slaughter.This is an ER book for me, and was published in July of 2009.Once again, her writing did not disappoint. In fact, her skills are top notch.This is a book that I would recommend to any reader who likes reading about crime fiction, and enjoys characters and dialogue that are interesting and genuine. You may like some of them with great affection and be completely repelled by others.The plot moves along quickly with surprising and interesting twists and turns. The sense of place is excellent. Not for any reader who is too squeamish reading about violence, torture and some brief sexual episodes that are integral to revealing deeper character development of the principal players.WH Five Stars