Pieces Of Her

Karin Slaughter HarperCollins €28

Slaughter’s ambitious new novel starts with aimless thirtysomething Andy having lunch with her speech-therapist mum. But when a gunman enters the restaurant, Andy’s mum disables and kills him with extraordinary efficiency. So who is she really? The answer goes back 30 years, to a tight-knit group of urban terrorists. Slaughter skilfully juggles her twin time frames and delivers a taut, complex and unusually thoughtful thriller.