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 . . . |
From inside the book
... sure she was on the right track. Her eyes flicked to the clock. 4:57 a.m. “You fucking bitches!” she screamed up at the ceiling. She turned on every light she could find. Her bare feet burned a track across the hall carpet. She was ...
... sure thing , lady , I live to serve before shuffling Will watched Sara through the window . She was making a notation on a clipboard . She had unzipped her suit and tied the arms around her waist . The baseball cap was gone . She'd ...
... sure they gutted him so much as stabbed him repeatedly . If they were searching for a phone , the sock lock to the ribs would've had a sort of Valsalva effect . There's a reason prison guards make you cough when you bend over . The ...
... Instead of desks, there were folding tables to make sure no one could hide anything. Inmates filled most of the administrative jobs. It was hard to beat their three-cents-an-hour wage. The warden's office didn't have a hall window , but.
... " What's our play here ? I'm not sure these guys are going to feel comfortable being questioned by a woman . ” " You're probably right . " She slid a jacket out of the pile . " Maduro . " Will opened the door . The CO was waiting outside.