The Silent Wife, Karin Slaughter
The Silent Wife, Karin Slaughter
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The Silent Wife

Bestseller

Author: Karin Slaughter

Narrator: Kathleen Early

Unabridged: 18 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2020

Synopsis

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC!The New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her returns with the next novel in the Will Trent series that “comes with just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill” (Parade).He watches. He waits. He takes. Who will be next . . .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 …]

About Karin Slaughter

American born author, Karin Slaughter, became an overnight success with her first novel in 2001, Blindsighted. It was an international success, being published in about 30 languages. It made the final cut for the Crime Writer's Association's Dagger Award for best first novel. Slaughter has a total of sixteen novels, and her newest novel, The Kept Woman, was published in 2016.

Slaughter was born in a small southern Georgia town, but now resides in big city Atlanta. She is a participant in the DeKalb County "Save the Libraries" program. All of her novels are currently in development for film and television

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on March 17, 2022

Finally we got a real,gripping, gory, gritty, graphic, disturbing, dark and unputdownable Will Trent story that we’ve been waiting for. Don’t get me wrong, the brilliant, ultra talented author always gives us one book at a year but last two books were like regular, fast pacing thrillers and I missed......more

Goodreads review by Susanne on August 04, 2020

Well Played Karin Slaughter, Well Played. Oops You did it again You played with my heart.. My oh My.. what a wild, crazy, heart stopping, laugh out loud, tearfilled ride “The Silent Wife” turned out to be. Going in, I had no idea what to expect. What I got was Jeffrey. My Jeffrey. Jeffrey Tolliv......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on March 30, 2021

Whewww! This was my first full-length Karin Slaughter book and it did NOT disappoint. This book takes place across two timelines. There's present-day Atlanta, Georgia - where we follow the police investigation of a woman who's been brutally attacked. Thetrail is cold but when Will Trent (the inv......more

Goodreads review by Debra on August 07, 2020

Nineteen years ago, Karin Slaughter wrote the first book in her Grant County series and she has been my favorite ever since. Karin Slaughter fans know that the books began with the Grant County Series and then the Will Trent Series came along with Sara doing a crossover and the rest is history folks......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 12, 2020

It’s been nineteen years since Karin Slaughter released her first book in the Grant County series. Now, in the connected Will Trent series, she has written the best book since 2012’s “Criminal”. Past and present collide when GBI investigator Will Trent and his partner, Faith Mitchell, go from lookin......more

Quotes

“If you want to be chilled to the bone, pick up Slaughter’s latest, The Silent Wife…it’s absolutely mesmerizing.” Pop Sugar

“Another riveting entry in the Will Trent series.” Booklist (starred review)

“Slaughter delivers an unflinching, deeply empathetic exploration of the stigma surrounding rape and the enduring trauma suffered by its survivors.” Publishers Weekly

“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

“This one will still rattle you down to your bones.” Kirkus Reviews

“Karin Slaughter was twenty years ahead of our true-crime obsession. Karin Slaughter is the bestselling author of twenty novels, all of which center on the violence that is mostly committed against women. Now two decades into her storied career, Slaughter…[watches] women begin to embrace their desire to read and learn more about these crimes.” Bustle

Awards

  • Real Book Spy Pick
  • LibraryReads Pick
  • New York Times bestseller
  • Parade Magazine Pick
  • A USA Today bestseller
  • PopSugar Pick
  • New York Times Bestseller in Audio
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