Will Trent #10
The Silent Wife
Atlanta, Georgia. Present day. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. The police investigate but the trail goes cold. Until a chance assignment takes GBI investigator Will Trent to the state penitentiary, and to a prisoner who says he recognizes the MO. The attack looks identical to the one he was accused of eight years earlier. The prisoner’s always insisted that he was innocent, and now he’s sure he has proof. The killer is still out there.
As Will digs into both crimes it becomes clear that he must solve the original case in order to reach the truth. Yet nearly a decade has passed—time for memories to fade, witnesses to vanish, evidence to disappear. And now he needs medical examiner Sara Linton to help him hunt down a ruthless murderer. But when the past and present collide, everything Will values is at stake…
REVIEWS
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“Slaughter delivers an unflinching, deeply empathetic exploration of the stigma surrounding rape and the enduring trauma suffered by its survivors.” —Publishers Weekly
“Slaughter adds depth to her best-selling series with the investigations of old and current cases, while also advancing the key personal relationship. Another slam dunk.”
—BOOKLIST Starred Review
“The emotionally sophisticated characters work through the brutality of their jobs in this dynamic psychological thriller and police procedural that will please readers of Slaughter’s ‘Grant County’ series.”
—Library Journal
“More slow-burning than most of Slaughter’s shockers, this one will still rattle you down to your bones.”
—Kirkus
“Chock-full of complex relationships between characters, The Silent Wife will absolutely leave you on the edge of your seat.”
—PopSugar
“Slaughter has twenty books to her credit now, and while I love her stand-alones, I find the Will and Sara relationship in this series irresistible.”
—Globe and Mail
“So read The Silent Wife for the circuitous plot, the inherent violence, the detailed investigation and the tender love story. When they all come together in the adept hands of Karin Slaughter, it is exquisite.”
—Jackie K. Cooper
“Slaughter’s novel is both page-turning and a protest at how often sexual violence is over looked.”
—The Sunday Times
“The Silent Wife is the 10th book in Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series, but such is her skill that it’s perfectly possible to join the story here. As sharp and absorbing as ever.”
—The Observer
“A hard-hitting, fast-moving slicing wow of a book… She has the most wonderful ability to pitch full-on sharp storytelling and blasts of drama alongside thoughtfully handled social issues and relationship dilemmas… another winner of a read, it sent goosebumps skittering down my arms.”
—LoveReading
“The books in Slaughter’s series featuring detective Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton have deservedly become bestsellers, combining an authoritative grasp of forensics and procedure with thoroughly believable characters…Gripping, gruesome and emotionally powerful, this is Slaughter doing what she does best”
—The Daily Mail
