FRACTURED
A Delacorte Press Book / August 2008

Published by
Bantam Dell
A Division of Random House, Inc.
New York, New York

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 2008 by Karin Slaughter

Delacorte Press is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Slaughter, Karin, 1971–
Fractured / Karin Slaughter.
p.                  cm.
1. Daughters—Crimes against—Fiction. 2. Rape—Fiction. 3. Murder—Fiction. 4. Crimes of passion—Fiction. 5. Abused wives—Fiction. 6. Rich people—Fiction. 7. Georgia. Bureau of Investigation—Employees—Fiction. 8. Atlanta (Ga.)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.L275F73                                    2003
813’.544—dc22                                                                                          2008011047

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