The Silent Wife: A NovelA WILL TRENT NOVEL “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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“Why won't you talk to me? What's this really about?” Beckey was about to tell her exactly what this was about when she happened to notice that her hair clip wasn't on the nightstand where she always left ...
The woman who had practically beaten Will over the head for the last two years, forcing him to talk about things he did not want to talk about, was suddenly declaring that one topic of conversation was off limits.
... kept wanting to have sex with him but only ever wanted to talk about what to order for dinner, her little sister's determination to screw up her life, and how easy it was to learn the twenty algorithms that solved a Rubik's Cube.
Which was the first reason that Will would not talk to her about Sara. Faith forcibly mothered everybody in her orbit, whether it was a suspect in custody or the cashier at the grocery store. Will's childhood had been pretty rough.
... so when I saw that inmates were joining together for a common purpose, to instill and ensure the human rights of—” “Let me interrupt your TED talk,” Faith said. “You knew Jesus Vasquez?” Maduro's gaze nervously darted toward Will.
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User Review - Dannadee - LibraryThingThank you HarperCollins for my copy of this enjoyable read! I didn't realize this was #10 in the Will Trent series. Do need to read all the previous ones before this - maybe. Would you get more out of ... Read full review
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User Review - nbmars - LibraryThingSlaughter’s 10th thriller featuring Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent begins with a killing at the state penitentiary. In the course of the investigation by Will and his partner Faith ... Read full review
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| Title | The Silent Wife: A Novel |
| Author | Karin Slaughter |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, 2020 |
| ISBN | 0062858912, 9780062858917 |
| Length | 656 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Crime Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense |
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