This is Why We Lied (Will Trent, #12)

by Karin Slaughter

He felt sick about what he was going to find, because the woman had screamed for her life, and there was no predator more vicious than a human being.

“Fuck!” Faith jumped so hard she almost dropped her purse. Amanda had come out of nowhere. “Watch your language,” Amanda said. “It’s not professional.” Faith guessed this was her origin story for saying fuck the rest of her life.

Nobody trusted the police anymore. Some of them had damn good reasons. Others were inundated with constant examples of bad cops. It wasn’t just a matter of bad apples anymore. Entire departments were bad barrels.

“How did I get an Agatha Christie locked-room mystery with a VC Andrews twist?” He winced. “Too soon?”