Short Story

by Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta

It was a scam, but then the scam had gone horribly wrong…

In this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Karin Slaughter and Michael Koryta—along with their popular series characters Jeffrey Tolliver and Joe Pritchard—team up for the first time ever.

Genres: Short Stories, Mystery, Thriller, Thriller Suspense

73 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 6, 2017

About the author

Karin 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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Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great short story a great combination love Karin slaughter books and read one book of Michael koryta which I heard turning into a film with Angelina Jolie.would like to read more of his books.and great to read Jeffery Tolliver character brilliant short story.

[BeccaJBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anything with Jeffrey is a winner for me! :) A short story but I loved it.

[Read All About It · Rating 5 out of 5]

Small Town Corruption

A great short story. I love Jeffrey Tolliver so much even though he was a man ho. I really miss him. This was a fantastic mash up. Lots of action from start to finish.

[Nickie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, the book did its job. The trail of Jeffery Toliver's series led me to pick up the first Joe Pritchard novel. This "short story" is a flashback to Jeffery's young wild Pre-Sara Linton. It is never a good sign when they have to bring out of town detectives in for a case. And in this instance, we ended up with three police forces merging.

[Wynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay story featuring a young Tolliver. Little too long, but that's Karin Slaughter. Unless you live in North Georgia, I don't think you can appreciate the humor.

[Selenity Jade (Coffee Addicts Book Reviews) · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not my genre, but it was humorous and exciting. So nice little addition to the MatchUp anthology.

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good short story. Definitely will read more of both series
3.5

[RaChelle Holmberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Downloaded from my public library, what a WILD ride! I'm not familiar with these characters, as I've only ever read Slaughter's Will Trent, but this was a great story.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story. Non-stop action and humor!

[Candi · Rating 4 out of 5]

My only issue was that it was a short story and I wanted more, lol!

[Vonna Fortner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action packed

Am glad Kindle Unlimited offered these collaborative anthologies with my membership and took the opportunity to learn about many authors unfamiliar to me. This story was one of my favorites. After reading the sample, was interested enough to purchase it for the very small price. IMO, talented writing can tell a good story as shown here in 69 pages, and I long to see more brevity. Although not a fan of cocky cop bravado & ego, & practically a football “hater”, the sample made me want to see what happened. Not disappointed. This short tale has humor and good characterization.

[Jonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this novella because I have enjoyed the other Matchup Collection stories. I wasn't sure how I would like this one because I was unfamiliar with the main characters. Overall, I liked it. I thought the plot was solid. The setting was in an area I'm familiar with. And I will never forget the 2 feet of snow in March of 1993 in that area. I think that made the story more relatable to me. I liked this well enough to consider reading the first book in the Jeffrey Tolliver (Grant County) series.

[Lyslie Lewellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short Story was the final book I could read that pertained to the Grant County series by Karin Slaughter, and after the last book of that series, this book was exactly what I needed. It was a lighthearted, easy read where everything wrapped up nicely. I had never read any of Michael Koryta's books before reading Short Story, but I plan on checking out some of his titles now.

[Margarita Rosado · Rating 5 out of 5]

You think it's over but it isn't, it comes an unexpected part full of emotion. Add a heroe who is rather a flawed one and a unexpected villain. This series of short stories have become very nice surprises.

[Chris DiLeo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to this on audio yesterday as an appetizer for the newest Koryta novel (An Honest Man) which publishes today, 7/25/23. This is a solid, entertaining story in which Slaughter and Koryta put their own series characters together to handle a scam that goes terribly wrong.

[Bruce Baldwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

interesting story

I didn’t know anything about either main character. The authors, both, have created really interesting characters that I will have to read more. These mash up’s are really fun reads.

[CHud · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action packed short read

This story has a lot of action in it. The characters were interesting and the descriptions of the area in which the action takes place were good. I could evasion envision the story in my mind as I read .

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good crossover story. I've never read Michael's work but this makes me want to. I miss Tolliver. This story isn't a pretty side to him, but still shows how good a cop he was.

[Јордан Kocevski) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this short read. Great humour, interesting situation and just the right dose of thrill.

[Shirley Manus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always worth it!

I've never read a Karin Slaughter book. that wasn't a wonderful read including all those Jeffrey Tolliver excellent books. Thank you so much.

[Velinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish we could have more of Jeffrey and Joe working together.

[Maria do Socorro Baptista · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uma narrativa pequena, com dois crimes que se relacionam, com alguns momentos divertidos apesar das situações sérias envolvendo os personagens. Gostei.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great short story, even though I’m not familiar with the character Jeffrey Tolliver.
It started off great, then got a lot crazier; it was often

[Sheryl Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you’re a Karin Slaughter fan. Definitely read.

[Janet Balliet]

Hardcover book

[Larry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun. Each volume of The MatchUp Collection I’ve read has been entertaining. The series is a fun way to introduce unknown (to me) authors.

[Alicia Acheson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great little short story, felt nice to pretend Jeffrey Tolliver isn’t dead. Fun to see how he acted pre Sara.

[Mimi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hadn't read anything about Joe Pritchard but I'm familiar with Karin Slaughter's Jeffrey Tolliver. For a short story, Short Story had several surprise twists that made figuring things out challenging. Interesting resolution!

[Chalice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not familiar with the Michael Koryta character, but I do know (and mostly hate) Jeffrey Tolliver. I mean, I love that Sara loves him, and that's great for her, but his internal monlogue makes me understand how and why she broke up with him, for sure.

But of course this all takes place before Sara, while he's still an unattached manwhore, which is the genesis of this particular case, as his one night stand ends up dead and he's an obvious suspect. I do, despited my antipathy for Jeffrey, enjoy seeing the solution to the case through his eyes. He is, despite his flawas, an excellent detective.