When two fifteen-year old girls go missing from the tight-knit community of North Falls, Deputy Emmy Lou Clifton will find out what’s happened to her best friend’s daughter. Under the pressure of time, Emmy and her police Chief father must make decisions that will impact the whole of North Falls, and, in the process, uncover long-kept secrets. In a small town where everyone knows everyone, quick-witted Emmy must put aside what she thinks she knows about her community to find the predator hiding in plain sight. We are all Guilty Here is a dark, gripping and immersive novel whose pages seem to turn themselves.
I don’t gravitate towards this genre, but as I read, Slaughter captured my attention by making me first curious and then deeply invested in these characters’ lives. I found the short, succinct sentences and intense scenes helped to build my interest, occupy my thoughts, and keep me coming back for more.
This genre could be well suited to a passive display that connects movies and books. The display could be titled, “If you liked this movie, you might like…” and connect one movie to two or three titles. For this particular book, I would highlight The Silence of the Lambs as a potential avenue of interest. I think connecting action/thriller films to the literacy equivalent could reach an audience of reluctant readers who find movies more accessible (which is understandable since they are much less of a time commitment!). It could interest movie-lovers who haven’t picked up a book in awhile to give reading another try. This genre in particular would work well with this method of promotion because it is often paced-paced and plot-driven, giving the reader a reason to keep picking up that book to find out how it ends.
Slaughter, K. (2025). We are all guilty here. William Morrow.
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