The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter. Another Will Trent mystery/thriller. Kind of bittersweet to see Jeffrey (albeit in flashbacks) again. The serial killer theme is solid, a bit of a surprise as to the guilty party but well brought together between the two time frames. Graphic details the in practices of postmortems and morticians but morbidly compelling in some ways.
Will and Sara's relationship hits a rough patch nonetheless …...
Another winner for Ms. Slaughter. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

A prison riot leads to the death of an inmate and brings in the Georgia Bureau of Investigations to examine the scene. While the team is at the prison they get word that one of the inmates wants to exchange information. The inmate will give specifics about the murder and a phone smuggling ring, if the GBI investigates a murder that he was blamed for. Things get intense when investigators hear that the inmate is accusing a beloved former police chief of setting him up.
Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite authors, and she doesn’t disappoint with this book being a page turning thrilling ride. I love the characters, the love stories, the gritty dark details, and the beginning, the middle, and the end.
Content Warning: Graphic details about rape and murder

I am a huge Karin Slaughter fan, and I had high expectations for this book. I'm happy to report that this book exceeded my expectations. Slaughter has managed to combine gruesome crimes, romance, and humor in a neat little package with this next installment of the Will Trent series. And never fear, Grant County fans--- this one also has brought back some of those characters in this story. I love that Slaughter's stories are never feel stale or recycled, and that her characters continue to grow and. change. This is especially evident in this novel. Overall, I loved it, and now I'm sad that I have that much longer to wait for another book from Slaughter.

And finally, the shout out to Regina Morrow was absolutely on point. That SVH book was probably more effective at keeping kids off drugs than any DARE program. That reference in the book made me love Faith so much more.

I really liked the main story here, the attacks and trying to figure out who did it. I’m not too into the details of Sara and Will’s relationship. I just find them irritating in that regard and I kind of skim over those parts. But I did like the story. Parts were super gruesome which I both loved and hated at the same time. Ugh I’m shuddering just thinking about them. Well done!!

As a long-time avid reader of psychological thrillers and mysteries, and an Atlanta resident for 25 years, I am embarrassed to admit that this is the first Karin Slaughter book that I have read. No excuses except that as a school librarian, I mostly read children's books. The Silent Wife is the kind of read that I could not put down, reading late into the night and into the early morning hours to watch the mysteries be solved.

I began reading, not knowing that this is book 10 in Slaughter's Will Trent series. Since the chapters alternate between past and present events, I quickly suspected that the main characters had a history unknown to me. I resisted the librarian temptation to do some research before reading further. One of the hallmarks of a truly great story is that it can stand alone, while still being an integral piece of a continuing saga of people known by many readers.

GBI Investigator Will Trent encounters a prisoner who continues to proclaim his innocence for a murder from several years before. He offers proof to Will who then enlists the assistance of Sara Linton, medical examiner, to solve what turns out to be serial rapes and murders. Ms Slaughter's characters are fully developed throughout the story as she methodically describes graphic scenes of brutal attacks on a series of women.

This book is a fast-paced read. It will keep the reader racing through the chapters to discover how the killer is found, through the expertise and persistence of characters that are real and relatable. Though this is my first Karin Slaughter read, it will not be my last.
Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book. #TheSilentWife #NetGalley

I LOVE Karin Slaughter and The Silent Wife did not disappoint. The newest book in the Will Trent series brings together the present and the past. I loved the Grant County series as well, so I enjoyed the chapters written in the past that included Jeffrey. If you've never read Slaughter before, her books are very graphic and dark and this book is no exception. I'm always looking forward to her next read! Highly recommend!

North Georgia can say they are many sweet small towns in the mountains to draw visitors to come shop in their little stores with something for everyone, and with great scenery but my favorite is the author who is from these small towns. She has most of her books describing north Georgia and I feel like I am right there with the characters. They are Will, Sara, Jeffery and several more who are with different branches of law enforcement who are usually tracking down a killer. Please stop reading here is you don't want details of the story!
This latest book starts with a murder in the woods of a woman who is tied up and given a drug to party paralyze her so the killer can come back many times and continue to hurt her before finally letting her die from the hell she has been thru. And what's worse is there are more women to die. This is definitely a serial killer of the worst kind. But her books always have people you come to love and hate because they are with their own personalities and it gets under your skin so if your like me I just can't wait to see the next episode of their lives. I love that I got to read this book and thank you publisher and NetGalley!!

Ooh boy. This newest book by a wonderful author is about a really difficult but important subject - rape and extreme violence against women. Spoiler and trigger alert: If it hadn't been for the familiar characters leading and pulling the narrative and trying to find and stop the perpetrator/s, I don't think I could have kept reading. The violence and trauma these fictional characters suffered was so real that it hurt. I had to keep putting the book down and taking a break.

Kudos to the real people who work to stop these insane acts, to those that work put damaged women back together physically and spiritually, but mostly kudos to anyone who claws their way back to life after being attacked and violated.

Another great book in the Will Trent series. The author goes from past to present to solve crimes against women. Already looking forward to the next book.

I have been a faithful Karin Slaughter reader since her first book (19 years ago!!). She get's better with every new book. Although some of the details in THE SILENT WIFE were a bit too graphic for me, this was an amazing story. I loved how the timeline jumped back and forth from past to present and was absolutely shocked to find out "whodunnit"!! Cannot wait to recommend this book! Amazing.

I'm almost 2 weeks in to coronavirus social isolation and very sadly haven't been able to find a book that will drown out the anxiety and capture my attention this whole time. I actually had the thought "I wish Karin Slaughter had a new book." And then I signed into NetGalley and The Silent Wife was there!!! I seriously almost cried from happiness. And then tore through it in 2 days. The Silent Wife is the latest installment of the Will Trent series. This book flashes back in time so we get to see some of our old favorite characters from the Grant County series as well. Ten books into this series and it is still going strong. The characters are still likable, the story was unexpected, and I didn't know it was possible but Slaughter may have one upped herself with the horrific, disturbing crimes in this one.

Will Trent and his partner are visiting the the state prison to question a prisoner who was accused of a ghastly attack nearly a decade before. A new attack, identical to the one the man was sent away for, has been committed. Was the wrong man convicted? Will has to suss out the truth to stop a killer and he’ll need the help of his lover, medical examiner Sara Linton to do it. Slaughter’s stories are so good because she’s able to balance her mysteries with the personal and emotional lives of her characters, bringing her stories to life

Karin Slaughter keeps writing books that completely draw me in. Her characters are real, flawed, courageous, and believable. I cannot wait to recommend this book to every single book friend!