Through the production of the "Pieces" Netflix adaptation she started to wonder what would have happened to Andrea, and thus this book baby was born. She took a deep breath and started to recite the mantra, this time from a place of love rather than duty. While I’m sad that I have to wait for another book in the fantastic Will Trent and Sara Linton series, it was nice revisiting the characters first introduced in Pieces of Her (now a limited series on Netflix). I would like to thank both Netgalley and Harper Collins for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. She is not perfect and makes mistakes, but, like Emily, she has the strength of character and courage to follow her convictions.

I have to admit I was surprised to see Karin Slaughter resurrect Andrea Oliver in this tense thriller, first encountered in Pieces of Her, but her character has been developed and transformed as she completes her training and becomes a US Marshal here, something her parents, Laura and Gordon, are far from happy about.It's the characters: Andrea; Bible - her partner; Esther - the Judge and Emily's mother; Emily herself whose presence is still felt forty years after her murder; and the 'clique': Nardo who is crooked, a con-artist; Blake - a chancer now deceased; Ricky - Blake's twin; and Clay Morrow - wealthy, arrogant and selfish.

And I have to say, these flashbacks are not a fun, nostalgia-filled romp, but instead almost exclusively contain cruelty and violence. I especially like his rules, he’s funny and the injection of his humour into the dark plot is most welcome. I read Pieces of Her in 2019 and I remember thinking reading more books with Andrea and Mike in it was something I was down with. Andrea has been partnered with an older Marshall, Leonard ‘Catfish’ Bible who delights in educating his new green partner.

In Girl, Forgotten, Andrea Oliver, a new US Marshal is partnered with Deputy Bible to protect a federal judge from credible death threats. S. Marshal Andrea Oliver (that's right the rather insecure and lost supporting protagonist daughter from "Pieces of Her" is now a U. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I realised that Andy wasn’t nearly as annoying as I remembered her to be.