Title: Triptych - Karin Slaughter - book
Summary :
1986. John Shelley wakes up after a wild student night next to his girlfriend—dead, with her tongue cut out. He will live through hell behind bars for a crime he has no memory of. 2006. Detective Michael Ormewood, on patrol in the Atlanta underworld, discovers the body of a young prostitute brutally murdered, her tongue bitten off. Upon his release from prison, Shelley is pursued by a mysterious blackmailer and finds solace with a young detective who has infiltrated the prostitute world. For her sixth novel, Karin Slaughter, at the height of her powers, has created a world that combines the darkness of Seven with the deliciously chilling discoveries of The Silence of the Lambs. A masterpiece of the genre.