Paperback edition of the latest thriller to feature Special Agent Faith Mitchell, who returns home to find that her baby daughter has been locked outside, and a strange man lies dead in a pool of blood. She is assisted by dyslexic detective Will Trent. Slaughter outsells Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly and Tess Gerritsen. 'Beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, terrifyingly plausible' }Time Out