Nearly indescribable. Slaughter is fantastic at what she does, and what she does is consistently impress with gory tales of crimes in Georgia as experienced by a strong as hell female lead. Never does the dialogue feel stilted or the characters feel hollow. She does a splendid job not only of keeping me engaged while she moves the story forward but also writes in a way that both makes me balk and swoon at the lengths she goes to to include unique language, jokes and a mystery sure to keep you guessing.