internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter returns with a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets cold vengeance and unexpected absolution in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies twenty years apart that devastate their livesSisters Strangers SurvivorsMore than twenty years ago Claire and Lydias teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace The two women have not spoken since and now their lives could not be more different Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire Lydia a single mother dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared lossa devastating wound thats cruelly ripped open when Claires husband is killedThe disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man almost a quarter-century apart what could connect them Forming a wary truce the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago and uncovering the possibility of redemption and revenge where they least expect itPowerful poignant and utterly gripping packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists Pretty Girls is a masterful thriller from one of the finest suspense writers working today.