WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE by Karin Slaughter

 4* Blurb is perhaps deliberately slightly misleading but that's not a complaint, as what transpired, had me engrossed in the tale.

This is perhaps only my 2nd KS book and I'd forgotten how good she is. This tale started with me thinking that wrongs were going to be righted - alluded to by the blurb - and that healing could happen. That wasn't at all the case where a personal relationship lay, but goodness, Emmy-Lou was determined to make up for the past. She's got so much on her plate with her mother who's deteriorating with dementia, with her only son who's joined the police force, with her loser ex who's still around, with her dad/boss/trainer/mentor dying of cancer - at least until events take a more shocking turn - and with her romance seemingly taking a back seat because of all of the former. But, she never stops and she never gives in. And she gets justice, sadly too late to repair some small-town relationships, but hopefully not too late to repair her own. Ones. 

The introduction of Jude, relevant and great as she was, felt like it came out of nowhere, but it was a good addition to the tale, with the truth never overshadowing Emmy's job. It was a bit sad that Martha had to disappear for Jude to emerge, but I think there's hope for her, Emma, and Emmy's son Cole. I think the tale ended in the start of healing and talking and perhaps forgiveness, but not a HEA for most of the broken relationships. There was hope, though.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley and Harper Collins UK, Harper Fiction, for my reading pleasure. 

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