Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

Book: Girl, Forgotten (September 2022)

By Karin Slaughter

September 19, 2022

A girl with a secret …

Longbill Beach, 1982.  Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience.  But Emily has a secret.  And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.

A murder that remains a mystery …

Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved.  Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on.  But all that’s about to change.

One final chance to uncover a killer …

Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats.  But her assignment is a cover.  Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too …