I started this book not realizing it was part of a series, but I find that it didnt affect my enjoyment all that much. Eventually I became familiar with Will Trent and Sara.
I was immediately hooked with the prologue and interested in what happened in the prison fight from the beginning. Once the old police cases started coming up I couldn't put it down. This was twisty, dark, and overall really enjoyable and what I would come to expect from Karin Slaughter!

Sara and Will investigate what could be a serial murderer while grappling with the ghosts of their pasts.

Brutal descriptions make this a difficult read.

GBI Agent Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton will go on an emotional journey with their relationship. The present homicide cases will take Sara back to her past relationship with her deceased husband who was the police chief eight years earlier. Dealing with those emotions will put her and Will at odds. A full review can be found at FreshFiction.com.

So after years and years of reading psychological and crime thrillers and seeing a zillion recommendations for Karin Slaughter, I finally took the leap and read The Silent Wife and now I want to go back and kick my own butt for waiting this long! Ms. Slaughter is a phenomenal writer. I absolutely loved the way I was pulled in from the very first page of The Silent Wife. My jaw dropped several times throughout the book and I just couldn’t put it down! I’ve already purchased her first several books and I’m excited to read them all! I’ll definitely be buying every single one.
This book is the latest in a series (which I typically don’t do) but I am glad I did because I can report to you that Karin did such a great job filling in the gaps and telling the reader what happened in the past to make sure we know what’s going on. I fell in love with all of the characters just from reading this one book and I’m excited to read about them in her previous books.

I definitely recommend The Silent Wife even if you’ve never read anything by Karin Slaughter!

Huge thanks to HarperCollins and NetGalley for allowing me the incredible privilege of reading this book in advance!

Many many moon ago I discovered a thriller writer in the heat of the summer. I read everything she had to offer and then pre-ordered what she had coming next. Now, it is a summertime tradition for me to stay up all night reading Karin Slaughter and being uncertain about turning out the lights! She is a master storyteller and creeper-outer! I loved this book!

Karin Slaughter tells a gripping story while also addressing important issues such as violence against women. The Silent Wife could be read and enjoyed by itself, but as a long time fan of Slaughter's books I enjoyed revisiting the characters from previous books.

I really enjoyed this mystery. It was suspenseful all the way until the end. The characters were well developed, and I could understand the back story even though I hadn't read any of her earlier books.

Back for more, Bureau Investigator Will Trent and his partner team up with Will's girlfriend at the coroner's office. A brutal crime has been committed that fits a pattern from past crimes and the man who has been convicted of those murders now says he has proof that the killer is still out there. We have the best of Karen Slaughter in this one - violent crime, danger on every page, ramping intensity that makes it hard to stop reading and characters that we care about. This is one intense roller coaster crime novel. My thanks to the publisher for the advance copy.

This book describes extreme brutality against women. I thought this was unusual for Slaughter, but she addresses this in an author's note at the end: Violence towards women IS brutal. Women who survive are stronger than we can imagine.

I found this to be a surprising but excellent continuation of the Will Trent series. Jeffrey Tolliver lovers won't be disappointed, either. I'm glad to hear this series will continue!

The Silent Wife is the latest in a series of Will Trent Detective books and it does not disappoint. This is a stand alone book because it gives you history and present information to be able to put everyone together, but I recommend reading the ten earlier books also.

There is murder, mystery and romance. It is fast paced and a great psychological thriller.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy.

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
10th book in the Will Trent series
I love Karin Slaughter's books and "The Silent Wife" did not disappoint. We get to see how Sara and Will are doing AND we get to learn more about Sara's past with Jeffery from eight years earlier. While investigating a murder within a prison, Faith and Will meet an inmate who claims to have been framed for rape and murder by Jeffery several years earlier. Around the same time, another woman is found with a similar MO. The team must revisit the earlier case to find the truth. This one kept me on the edge of my seat and I did not see the end coming! Great read!

Karin Slaughter does it again! This is a great addition to the Will Trent series, but I love how it went back in time to include more of Sara and Jeffrey's past. I figured out who did close to the end and it was a shock! I expected it to be someone else. I love how Karin manages to always surprise me with her twists and turns.

I love this author. I believe I will need to start at the beginning of this series in order to appreciate this book. Slaughter’s stand alone novels are amazing.

I would like to thank NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

I don't read a lot of police procedurals because I find them over the top. There are only a few authors that I feel actually write them well enough for me to enjoy, and Karin Slaughter tops that list. I have read so many of the Will Trent/Sara Linton books and each and every one of them sucks me right in. This one was no exception. The subject matter was pretty dark and I'm not gonna lie, there were times the book was so violent that I just had to put it down for a little bit. But. It's amazing. I do recommend reading this series in order if you can because of the Will/Sara relationship, but you don't have to. If you are looking for a good crime thriller and can handle violence and gore, then you will get a lot out of The Silent Wife. The characters are so well-written and multi-dimensional.

Having not read the Will Trent series, I find the dual timeline a little confusing. But I'm sure seasoned readers of this series will enjoy the format. Violence against women is as horrific as vividly portrayed in this book. Reading about the violence in such graphic detail is disturbing. I wish authors would toned down the filthy language as it dominates the story at times.

Will Trent and Sara Linton are back, investigating a death during a prison riot, which leads to reopening some cases involving brutal rape and murder which had been investigated by Sara's dead husband. Is there a serial killer at work? Can Will and Sara's relationship survive the spectre of her husband? The tension ratchets up as the investigations continue. Highly recommended.

Enjoyed this book’s journey back in time bringing back Jeffrey. The muster was solid and I did not figure it out until just before the reveal. I think the author does a great job of showing how a man with PTSD (WILL) relates to other people especially Sara. And I love her dynamics with her little sister. So real. This series has stayed strong over the years which is not a feat all authors can manage.

I was given a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter is riveting as Sara, Will, and their co-workers work fast to find a vicious rapist. This book gives a no-holds-barred look at attacks against women.

A few months ago I read my first Karin Slaughter novel, <i>Pieces of Her</i>. I loved it so much I was super excited to pick up an ARC of this one and it did not disappoint! Although there were parts where it was obvious that I was missing some serious backstory (this is #10 in the Will Trent series), there was never a part where I couldn't follow what was going on. I'm guessing that now when I go back and read this series in order, there will be spoilers from having read this one first. But, life goes on.

Anyway, this one starts off with a young college girl, Beckey Caterino, who gets murdered while out running one morning in Grant County. In the course of the investigation, suspect Daryl Nesbitt is found with child porn on his computer and, though they can never prove he committed the murder, he does go to prison for the porn. Fast forward 8 years and Will Trent and his partner Faith Mitchell are called to the prison to solve the murder of a prisoner during a riot. Nesbitt tells them he is innocent of the Caterino murder but he knows who committed the prison murder and he'll tell them if they re-investigate the Caterino murder. And so it begins.

First I will say that the violence gets pretty graphic and gory. We here about all of it after the fact, but it's gruesome! There's also a fair amount of profanity. But, this story is compelling! Just like the other Karin Slaughter novel I read, this one kept me up way too late! I read it in one day (finishing about 2:30am of what was technically the next day), I could not put it down. While I did have figure out the bad guy before the big reveal, that didn't keep me from wanting to finish and figure out why. It was twisted, really twisted.

But I love the character development and I loved how the relationships between Will and Sara and Will and Faith were both portrayed as realistic and strong. I loved the strong women in general throughout the book. If you can stomach the gritty violence and enjoy a good police procedural, this one is highly recommended! 4 stars instead of 5 because the violence against women was right on the border of what I can stomach in a book.

Disclaimer: I received a free electronic copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

THE SILENT WIFE
BY
KARIN SLAUGHTER

In her latest crime novel, The Silent Wife, author Karin Slaughter weaves seamlessly between medical examiner Sara Clintons past and present. Grant county police chief Jeffrey Tolliver represents Sara’s past. The man she loved until her was murdered. GBI investigator Will Trent is her present and hopefully future.
Almost 10 years ago, a string of vicious murders in Grant county was solved by Chief Tolliver and his team. All the circumstantial evidence pointed to local man Daryl Nesbitt but due to lack of physical evidence he was never convicted of the crime of murder. He was convicted of child pornography and sent to prison.
Almost 10 years later Will, his partner Faith and Sara are called to the Phillips State Prison to investigate a murder. This just so happens to be the place that is Daryl is serving his prison sentence. Daryl seizes on the opportunity having the GBI investigators there and sends a note. He states that he knows who is responsible for the current murder at the prison. He also says he was framed by the Grant county police department for murder years ago.
When Will finds out that Sara’s ex Jeffrey was involved, he is not sure how he feels or for that matter how will Sara feel? Is Daryl Nesbitt telling the truth or just trying to get moved to a minimum-security prison. Could Jeffrey have possibly done what the inmates claims. Sara doesn’t think so and neither do the rest of the team, but it is their job to investigate.
We then begin a whirlwind of two investigations, two different times, and the two men in Sara’s life. Will they prove that Jeffrey had it right all along? Or will they find the real killer, who has been a free man all of this time allowing him to commit even more murders?

If you haven’t read Karin Slaughter before, make sure to pick this one up. The narrative is so great in this book that you could easily pick this up to read without reading any of the other books. I’m a big fan and you will be too.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me an advance copy ebook.