CN-086 — We Are All Guilty Here — Karin Slaughter Coleman’s Notes — The Reader’s Companion Digital Reader’s Companion | £6.95
Two missing girls. A town full of secrets. Some truths refuse to stay buried.
During a Fourth of July celebration in North Falls, Georgia, fifteen-year-old Madison Dalrymple and her best friend Cheyenne Baker disappear.
Deputy Emmy Clifton-Lang knows Madison’s family intimately — and is haunted by the fact that Madison tried to speak to her shortly before she vanished.
When the girls are later found dead, their deaths become known as the Broken Angels murders.
Years later, another teenager, Paisley Walker, disappears.
The new investigation forces Emmy to confront the case that has haunted her for years. With the return of FBI agent Jude Clifton, long-held assumptions begin to unravel and North Falls’ secrets become increasingly difficult to contain.
Coleman’s Notes CN-086 takes you beyond the mystery to explore the characters, evidence, relationships, hidden histories and major themes behind Karin Slaughter’s novel.
Your Reader’s Companion Includes
✓ Extended Plot Summary
✓ Detailed 20-Chapter Reading Guide
✓ Deeper Reading: Chapters 1–20 Revisited
✓ Main Character Studies
✓ Character Relationship Map
✓ North Falls Essential Reference Guide
✓ Timeline of Key Events
✓ The Broken Angels Case
✓ Evidence File
✓ Red Herrings & Investigative Blind Spots
✓ Emmy Clifton-Lang — guilt and responsibility
✓ Madison, Cheyenne and Paisley
✓ Jude and the Clifton family
✓ Small-town life in North Falls
✓ Police work, evidence and justice
✓ Violence against girls and victim-blaming
✓ True crime, media and public perception
✓ Evidence, memory and confirmation bias
✓ Major Themes, Symbols & Motifs
✓ Major Turning Points
✓ Re-reading Guide
✓ Book-Club Debates
✓ Memorable Moments
✓ The Meaning of the Title
✓ Ending Explained
✓ 25 Book-Club Questions
✓ Quick Recall
Made for Book-Club Discussion
How much responsibility does Emmy really carry for what happened to Madison?
Why did the original investigation appear so convincing?
How can familiarity with a community help police — and blind them?
What happens when the evidence itself cannot be trusted?
Does the phrase Broken Angels honour Madison and Cheyenne, or does it simplify who they really were?
How does the novel challenge attitudes towards teenage girls who become victims of violence?
And what does “We Are All Guilty Here” really mean when the characters carry very different kinds and degrees of responsibility?
This Reader’s Companion gives your group the analysis, context and 25 dedicated discussion questions to explore the novel well beyond its final revelations.
Richard & Judy Collection 2 — £25.95
CN-083 — The Day I Lost You — Ruth Mancini
CN-084 — The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah
CN-085 — A Particularly Nasty Case — Adam Kay
CN-086 — We Are All Guilty Here — Karin Slaughter
CN-087 — Swept Away — Beth O’Leary
Individual Reader’s Companion: £6.95
Five individually: £34.75
Complete five-title collection: £25.95 — Save £8.80
Digital product — no physical book will be supplied. The original novel is not included.
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Coleman’s Notes is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, authorised by or endorsed by Karin Slaughter, her publishers, or the Richard & Judy Book Club.
