The Silent Wife: A NovelWATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! “If you’re into mystery thrillers, then you’re into Karin Slaughter.” —THESKIMM He watches. He waits. He takes. Who will be next . . . THE SILENT WIFE Investigating the killing of a prisoner during a riot inside a state penitentiary, GBI investigator Will Trent is confronted with disturbing information. One of the inmates claims that he is innocent of a brutal attack for which he has always been the prime suspect. The man insists that he was framed by a corrupt law enforcement team led by Jeffrey Tolliver and that the real culprit is still out there—a serial killer who has systematically been preying on women across the state for years. If Will reopens the investigation and implicates the dead police officer with a hero’s reputation of wrongdoing, the opportunistic convict is willing to provide the information GBI needs about the riot murder. Only days ago, another young woman was viciously murdered in a state park in northern Georgia. Is it a fluke, or could there be a serial killer on the loose? As Will Trent digs into both crimes it becomes clear that he must solve the cold case in order to find the answer. Yet nearly a decade has passed—time for memories to fade, witnesses to vanish, evidence to disappear, and lies to become truth. But Will can’t crack either mystery without the help of the one person he doesn’t want involved: his girlfriend and Jeffrey Tolliver’s widow, medical examiner Sara Linton. When the past and present begin to collide, Will realizes that everything he values is at stake . . . |
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... Blood filled her mouth. Her vision blurred. She tried to roll over, but only made it halfway. Her hair was caught on something. Pulling. Tugging. She reached behind her head, for some reason expecting to find her mother's hair clip ...
... blood . Some teeth . Will could see a frozen hand reaching out from under one of the tables that he assumed belonged to their victim . The man's body was under another table near the kitchen . His back was to the door . His bleached ...
... blood and fluids . " She handed out shoe protectors and face masks . Her fingers squeezed Will's when he took his share . She said , " The body is out of rigor and entering decomp , so that , combined with the victim's liver temp and ...
... of rotting food and excrement . The metallic tinge that blood gave off when the iron oxidized was a taste that would stay fixed in the back of his throat for the next week . Sara said , " Vasquez was beaten to the floor.
... blood splatter on the wall and ceiling has a semi - circle pattern . We've got three sets of footprints here , so you're looking for two assailants , both likely right - handed . My guess is a sock lock was used , so there won't be any ...