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Go Deep
A hallucinatory noir short story from the No.1 bestselling author of the Will Trent novels. ('Go Deep' is also available as part of a bundle with 'Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line' and 'Necessary Women')
Growing up dirt poor, Charlie Lam worked his ass off to make something of himself, no thanks to his deadbeat father or his long-suffering mother. And now a lot of people depend on Charlie: by his last count, sixty-eight employees at his Atlanta auto dealership, eleven shiftless brothers and sisters, an ungrateful wife, a spoiled daughter, a shameless girlfriend. Who could really blame him for wanting a little extra?
The arrangement is simple: Charlie picks up a suit from the dry cleaner’s. In the suit pocket is the name of a very important man. The next day, that man walks into the dealership, drives out in a new car, and Charlie gets a fat envelope full of cash. Everyone’s happy. No one gets hurt. So long as Charlie doesn’t cross his business partner. But with one twist of a knife, the unthinkable happens. And suddenly Charlie is in deeper trouble than he could have possibly imagined.
Growing up dirt poor, Charlie Lam worked his ass off to make something of himself, no thanks to his deadbeat father or his long-suffering mother. And now a lot of people depend on Charlie: by his last count, sixty-eight employees at his Atlanta auto dealership, eleven shiftless brothers and sisters, an ungrateful wife, a spoiled daughter, a shameless girlfriend. Who could really blame him for wanting a little extra?
The arrangement is simple: Charlie picks up a suit from the dry cleaner’s. In the suit pocket is the name of a very important man. The next day, that man walks into the dealership, drives out in a new car, and Charlie gets a fat envelope full of cash. Everyone’s happy. No one gets hurt. So long as Charlie doesn’t cross his business partner. But with one twist of a knife, the unthinkable happens. And suddenly Charlie is in deeper trouble than he could have possibly imagined.
103 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 26, 2015
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Karin Slaughter
127 books86.9k followersKarin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty- five novels, including the Edgar nominated COP TOWN and standalone novels PRETTY GIRLS and FALSE WITNESS. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. PIECES OF HER, based on her novel, debuted at #1 worldwide on Netflix as an original series in 2022. Her bestselling thriller series, Will Trent, is now a television and streaming sensation in its 4th season. THE GOOD DAUGHTER will soon be a limited series starring Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy, and further projects are currently in development for film/TV. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.
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March 29, 2024
Story 3 stars**
Audio 4 stars**
Narrator Kathleen Early
Audio 4 stars**
Narrator Kathleen Early
December 15, 2015
Go Deep: is a short-story written by author Karin Slaughter. I read this as part of her short-story collection titled: Three Twisted Stories. This piece was the longest story in the collection and it offered all of the elements that would allow it to be a full reading experience. It felt like a retro Twilight Zone meets Stephen King (specifically his novel: Thinner IMO). If curses are real then I'm staying away from these characters! This is vengeance-themed horror...and I couldn't help but love every twisted thing about it. This was my introduction to the hallucinatory/noir genre and I think I'm a fan!
July 24, 2015
I got my hands on this short story through Three Twisted Stories.
Of the three stories in the collection, my favourite was Go Deep. It was a strange read, not at all like the Slaughter we usually see. It had the occasional Slaughter vibe to it, mainly in the manner in which we came to ‘connect’ (not that you really do) with the main character, but outside of that it did not seem like a Slaughter book at all.
I know she was going for something different with this yet it wasn’t as good as her usual works. Don’t get me wrong, it was fun, it simply wasn’t as mind blowing as some of her other work.
Of the three stories in the collection, my favourite was Go Deep. It was a strange read, not at all like the Slaughter we usually see. It had the occasional Slaughter vibe to it, mainly in the manner in which we came to ‘connect’ (not that you really do) with the main character, but outside of that it did not seem like a Slaughter book at all.
I know she was going for something different with this yet it wasn’t as good as her usual works. Don’t get me wrong, it was fun, it simply wasn’t as mind blowing as some of her other work.
June 12, 2024
2.75 ⭐️
“Treat somebody bad long enough, and guess what they start thinking they are”
Karin babes what was this😭😭 Should’ve stayed in the drafts.
I love u lots but this was so uncalled for and so weirdly strange (not in the good way that your books always are) but in a goofy way 😭😭😭
Anyways pretty entertaining
“Treat somebody bad long enough, and guess what they start thinking they are”
Karin babes what was this😭😭 Should’ve stayed in the drafts.
I love u lots but this was so uncalled for and so weirdly strange (not in the good way that your books always are) but in a goofy way 😭😭😭
Anyways pretty entertaining
December 11, 2024
This was a pretty messed up read that I did not foresee the ending.
June 22, 2017
This was OK but found it very strange and difficult to follow!
September 14, 2017
Just when I thought Karin Slaughter couldn't get any more warped and twisted, Go Deep comes along. Ahem, well...I think the name of the novella speaks for itself doesn't it? Do I really have to go into full, gory detail? I'll try and keep it relatively clean. Being one of my all time favourite authors, I have high expectations when I come to read Karin's work, whether it is a novella or one of her full length novels and am rarely disappointed. So why am I still processing how I feel about this particular story? It's not that it wasn't compelling, it certainly was and the author definitely has the gift of the shock factor and making you feel slightly uncomfortable but for some reason, I just can't rate it as high as I have her previous novellas. It wasn't that it was sexually explicit, it wasn't the characters - I can't explain it, something just felt a bit too strange for me personally and I usually love a story with a bit of an edge.
Our protagonist is a middle-aged man called Charlie Lam who hasn't had the best start in life with a troubled family originating from a very impoverished background. He has managed to change his life around and now owns a successful car company and looks after all his siblings (even though they try to take advantage of him emotionally and financially on a number of occasions). You'd think a character like this sounds all kinds of lovely, right? Wrong. Charlie is a bit of a wrong 'un. He associates with mob bosses, does dodgy deals and worse of all is a disgusting misogynistic pig. He has both a wife, daughter and girlfriend all of whom he treats with equal derision and takes pleasure in embarrassing women he meets through work on a daily basis. However, when Charlie has a run in (quite literally, using his car) with a homeless man, his life is turned upside down and he may never be the same man again.
Ugh, Charlie as a character really was hideous. I did love to hate him at points and Karin Slaughter did a marvellous job of creating such an unlikeable, despicable individual. Yet (as with many of the authors works) there are multiple twists in the tale that you will not see coming and by the end, you might even end up sympathising with Charlie as he ends up in quite a horrific situation. I can only applaud the author for making me feel this way, seriously, I really did hate this guy at the beginning of the novella! There are strange, almost mystical things going on that give Charlie a taste of his own medicine and whilst you may think that he deserves it, the situations he is placed in are pretty brutal and quite graphic - again, perhaps not one for the easily offended. Once again, she does pull a blinder of an ending and despite my misgivings about the story in general, I have to admit to being desperate to know what would happen next. Hmm, maybe I did enjoy this novella more than I let on?!
For my full review and many more please visit my blog at http://www.bibliobeth.com
Our protagonist is a middle-aged man called Charlie Lam who hasn't had the best start in life with a troubled family originating from a very impoverished background. He has managed to change his life around and now owns a successful car company and looks after all his siblings (even though they try to take advantage of him emotionally and financially on a number of occasions). You'd think a character like this sounds all kinds of lovely, right? Wrong. Charlie is a bit of a wrong 'un. He associates with mob bosses, does dodgy deals and worse of all is a disgusting misogynistic pig. He has both a wife, daughter and girlfriend all of whom he treats with equal derision and takes pleasure in embarrassing women he meets through work on a daily basis. However, when Charlie has a run in (quite literally, using his car) with a homeless man, his life is turned upside down and he may never be the same man again.
Ugh, Charlie as a character really was hideous. I did love to hate him at points and Karin Slaughter did a marvellous job of creating such an unlikeable, despicable individual. Yet (as with many of the authors works) there are multiple twists in the tale that you will not see coming and by the end, you might even end up sympathising with Charlie as he ends up in quite a horrific situation. I can only applaud the author for making me feel this way, seriously, I really did hate this guy at the beginning of the novella! There are strange, almost mystical things going on that give Charlie a taste of his own medicine and whilst you may think that he deserves it, the situations he is placed in are pretty brutal and quite graphic - again, perhaps not one for the easily offended. Once again, she does pull a blinder of an ending and despite my misgivings about the story in general, I have to admit to being desperate to know what would happen next. Hmm, maybe I did enjoy this novella more than I let on?!
For my full review and many more please visit my blog at http://www.bibliobeth.com
May 30, 2020
Mwoah. Vreemd verhaal. Misschien had ik het leuker gevonden als ik me er vooraf even in had verdiept. Het verhaal is plotseling afgelopen. Had geen zin om terug te lezen, ook al was het maar zo kort.
October 21, 2023
I don’t know. This was a weird one. I wished something worse would have happened to the main character … also the mob bosses fake last name being chop and Charlie’s being Lam … Lamb Chop. a little too cheesy. mixed emotions. I listened to this and the narrator did a great job.
July 14, 2025
Love Karin’s novels, but this one was the type you can’t wait to finish - not to know the ending, but just to get to the end.
Very reminiscent of Stephen King’s Thinner, and that’s not really a compliment.
Meh.
Very reminiscent of Stephen King’s Thinner, and that’s not really a compliment.
Meh.
August 12, 2017
Een bizar kort verhaal van Karin Slaughter.
January 1, 2018
Book #14 of the Book-a-Day Christmas reading challenge.
November 8, 2019
This is just another small peek into the mind of Karin Slaughter and it is twisted ( :
March 20, 2020
Crazy twisted short story.
August 18, 2020
I am a huge fan of Karin Slaughter but this one left me shaking my head. Not what I usually think of when I think of her books.
April 1, 2021
Weird
October 16, 2022
Cringy in the way only Karin Slaughter books can be.
April 9, 2023
This story reminded me of books by Stephen King.
October 6, 2023
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but that was not it. It was quite strange and I only had a slight realisation right at the end. Still a bit bewildered.
May 20, 2024
Not what I was expecting of a Karin Slaughter book and yet, strangely, it also was. Very weird.
May 27, 2024
Very disgusting and horrible characters which makes it a difficult story to get into. But the ending is worth it, very sadistic and darkly humourous.
July 14, 2024
Heel erg raar beetje disturbing boek
October 26, 2025
Echt niet de moeite om te lezen..
June 23, 2015
wat begint als een normaal verhaal over een doodgewone auto verkoper met duistere connecties, word al snel een verhaal waarbij je de nodige vraagtekens zet. slaughter heeft zichzelf flink uitgeleefd in dit korte verhaal, en haar gebruikelijke stijl aan de kant gezet om je op een verkeerd spoor te zetten qua verhaallijn. dit zou makkelijk passen in de bundel van Stephen King "het rak". een bizar verhaal met de nodige dosis fantasy. compleet anders, maar absoluut niet slecht!
May 12, 2019
Charlie Lam knocks a homeless man off his feet on his way to pick up a suit from a dry cleaner's.
When the homeless man follows him to the store and stabs himself in front of Lam, Charlie believes he has been cursed.
With elements of King's 'Thinner', Karin Slaughter has written a creepy little tale.
When the homeless man follows him to the store and stabs himself in front of Lam, Charlie believes he has been cursed.
With elements of King's 'Thinner', Karin Slaughter has written a creepy little tale.
May 12, 2015
Een dun boekje van Karin Slaughter, het verhaal is nog korter, want er zit het begin van een ander boek bij.
Een apart boekje, het verhaal gaat heel anders dan dat je verwacht…
Een apart boekje, het verhaal gaat heel anders dan dat je verwacht…
April 27, 2015
Nice story. In the footsteps of Stephen King...
June 27, 2015
Volgens mij heb ik de clou gemist....ineens was het verhaal uit.
July 26, 2016
Wat een bizar verhaal, zo niét Karin Slaughter.
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January 28, 2018Yeah, was just plain weird.
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