Karin Slaughter 
Necessary Women and The Mean Time (Short Stories) 

One of the boldest thriller writers working today TESS GERRITSEN Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled MICHAEL CONNELLY__________________________________Two thrilling digital short stories in one from the No.1 bestselling author of the Will Trent novels Necessary Women: She was fourteen when she watched her mother die. With her mother gone, her father told her she had to be the woman of the house. And then he went away for six months. Now she s got a surprise for him…The Mean Time: It s a hot summer s day and twelve-year-old Peanut and her cousins are being driven into town on the back of a trailer drawn by Uncle Toby in his tractor. It s Peanut s mean time age and she s about to do something she ll regret…