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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... pulled Sara out of bed. She had left him a note with a heart drawn in the corner. He had stared at that heart for longer than he would admit to any living person. Faith said, “Okay, so, the riot kicked off two days ago. Eleven fifty ...
... pulled her hair into a loose ponytail . Faith asked , “ Is it Sara ? ” Will looked down at Faith . He often forgot how tiny she was . Blonde hair . Blue eyes . Look of perpetual disappointment . With her hands on her hips and her head ...
... pulled down her mask . “ Faith lasted longer than I thought she would . " Will pulled down his mask , too . The kitchen was in similar disarray . Trays and food and blood were splattered everywhere . Yellow plastic markers on the ...
... pulled forward by gravity . Apparently , the inmates had been posed this way for a while . Sweat streaked down the walls . Will saw limbs shaking . Chains rattled like nickels in a dryer . " Jesus Christ , " Faith muttered . As Will ...
... cop . Still out there pulling the dirty shit Tolliver taught her , destroying everything she touches . It's your job to take down bad cops . You take her down , I guarantee she'll drag Tolliver and everybody else down with her.”