An intriguing and gripping story

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False witness is a tense thriller, which keeps you hooked from the first pages. The story has a taut opening, and each paragraph is revealed shocking details that build the whole story. Harleigh Collier is a defence attorney with a family and a developing carrier. She worked hard to achieve a sort of ordinary life. One day she will meet a person who unfortunately links to her past. It will start the snowball effect of unexpected events, which will change everything. It is proof that not everything in life happens as we would like it to.

While reading the sample, I was surprised by the excellent writing of Karin Slaughter. Writing dynamic situations is sometimes challenging, especially when the events are squeezed too much, which could ruin everything. I am really impressed with the opening chapter, and the construction is brilliant. Well done! Here the author brilliantly shows the whole story - you can get an impression like you are sitting in Leigh's head - I mean, hear all her thoughts, sense her feelings - which makes you more sensitive to what will happen next. Feel inequality or what is unfair, unjust.
It is the first story that I read, which is situated with 2021 with pandemia in the background. It makes me surprised in the first place because as much as we have enough of hearing about it, I understand that it is a piece of our life that we need to learn how to live with it. Placing pandemia in the book makes the story more realistic.
The book is definitely a bestseller. Kept me tense and trill from the beginning, sitting on the edge trying to guess what will happen next and catch me with surprise on every twist and emotional ending — highly recommended for gripping thriller fans! Definitely on the to-be-read list for 2021!

Thank you, NetGalley, ReadersFirst, HarperCollins UK and Karin Slaughter for ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.