Another terrific Will Trent book. This one had so many twists, you wanted to make the book last.
Will and Sara are investigating a crime at a prison, when it is brought to their attention that a prisoner holds the secret to finding a killer. A killer they thought had been locked away by Sara’s deceased ex husband Jeffrey. Was Jeffrey a dirty cop? Are they on to something? To find out, Will and Sarah must go way back, and not let their feelings get in the way.

* I received an advance copy of this book.
Karin Slaughter has done it again. Her newest book in the Grant County series features Sara and Will working to find a possible serial killer after a prison inmate denies being guilty of a crime spree years ago. At that time, Chief Jeffrey Tolliver was still alive and behind the conviction.

Is it possible that Jeffrey was wrong? Familiar characters from the earlier books in the series are back, including the ones you love to hate...like Lena Adams. I’ve gotten to know them so well, it’s as if they are real people!

I won’t give away the plot but suffice it to say that you won’t put this one down. Karin Slaughter has written another suspense chiller.

The Silent Wife
A Novel
by Karin Slaughter
HarperCollins Publishers
William Morrow
General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 04 Aug 2020 | Archive Date 04 Aug 2020

Another fantastic read by Karin Slaughter! I love the Will Trent books. Many of our patrons read Karin Slaughter so I knew I would want to read this before it is released to the public. Great thriller! I will recommend this. Thanks to NetGalley, Harpercollins and William Morrow Publishers for the ARC.

Another terrific thriller from Karin Slaughter! I have yet to be disappointed by any of her novels. Will Trent novels are my favorites. love his vulnerability.

This book.has it all, another solid win from Karin Slaughter! Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC copy. When a prison riot ends in a purposeful death, detectives get tied up with a prisoner who claims he was set up.for his crime. Easily dismissed as a ride until a copycat murder takes place. Only problem is, the details were never public knowledge.

I really enjoyed this book!

Normally I zip through mysteries - but every time I get a new Karin Slaughter book, I need to set aside at least a couple of days to process and enjoy. The Will Trent/Sara Linton books in particular are always intense, hardboiled, and intellectually involving, providing lots of thrills while giving you lots of serious issues to chew on. This book is no exception. The Silent Wife met all my (VERY high!) expectations.

I am a former criminal prosecutor and Karin Slaughter, for my money, is one of the most technically accurate and realistic crime writers around. She gets everything from forensics to lingo to motive exactly right, and even as she infuses each story with drama, she never sacrifices accuracy or requires a ridiculous suspension of disbelief.

This book begins with a murder of an inmate, but like most Will Trent/Sara Linton books, takes the reader down a tangled and fascinating path to issues and characters you never saw coming. In this case, a hunt for a serial rapist and murderer who has gone free for years. As with other Karin Slaughter books, you shouldn’t read this unless you like your books hardboiled and gritty. There are also some very tough violence and explicit medical and post-mortem details. But these are always given for a reason and her writing is second to none.

Fans of this series will especially enjoy the fact that Jeffrey Tolliver has a big part in this story, and you will see him again through flashbacks as he worked on the old investigation. It is especially interesting that this book takes a different approach to Tolliver than some of the past books did. There is also somehow a really touching love story in the middle of all the horror this book describes.

Karin Slaughter has always done a particularly good job with sexual assault issues in her books, helping readers gain an understanding of sexual violence long before #MeToo became a commonly understood phrase. This book is particularly great at addressing these issues and showing the difference in perception of sexual assault then and now, and the many problems and prejudices that still currently exist, and the fact that rapists don’t usually look or act the way we have been conditioned to believe they do.

This was at times a very tough book to read, but it was excellent. Thanks to HarperCollins, NetGalley and Karin Slaughter for another great entry in this series - which luckily Slaughter assures us will continue!

Karin Slaughter’s forthcoming mystery is a terrific continuation of Sara Linton’s and Will Trent’s story. Will and Faith visit a convict claiming that he was framed for crimes he did not commit. Here the story loops back to the investigation of those crimes and more crimes with the same traits. The investigator of those crimes? Sara’s former husband, Jeffery Tollliver. The mystery then loops from Atlanta to Grant County, tangling clues from both ends. Sara and Will are stuck in their relationship and they both get advice from other characters. Touches of humor lighten the grim crimes being investigated and Sara and Will untangle the knots and move forward. All is well in Atlanta.

This really could have been a six hour book instead of an eight hour book. I don't mind length, but when it comes at the cost of nearly an entire page detailing the benefits of assorted tampon varieties...eh...

I had given myself a long hiatus to the mystery/thriller genre. At the time of this writing we are going through the coronavirus pandemic. I felt like returning to some of my reading roots, maybe for some sense normalcy in this very abnormal time. Some of the authors I used to read I find don't resonate with me anymore, some I still enjoy, and this author is a new one for me. I am pleased to say that I will be reading more of her books. I like the balance of moving a story forward with intelligence as well as giving the characters back stories and relationships.

Thank you NetGalley for a chance to read this book for an honest review. I absolutely love Karin Slaughter and the Will Trent series. I have read them all. This one is by far my favorite. I like how the author brings us back to Jeffrey Toliver while still in the present with Will. It was a great suspense with lots of twists and turns that made the book very hard to put down. This is a must read!!

3.9 stars

I’m torn on this book. It was gritty and dark as Sara, Will, Faith and the rest of the GBI hunt for a serial rapist and killer. As brutal as the attacks and aftermath were on the women, I did appreciate that the author wasn’t trying to sugarcoat anything. In the afterward she wrote about her being frank and writing candidly about violence against women and the aftermath for the survivors and their families.

Enough with the Sara/Jeffery focus. The men, and Sara half the time, keep putting the memory of Jeffery on a pedestal. He was a cheating ass who done Sara wrong. It’s been eight years, Will is awesome. Enough. That grated on my nerves through the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an copy in exchange for an honest review.

Technically, I finished the book today (May 1st) because I consumed this, feasting on Slaughter's glorious and chilling creation, until 1:30am. Karin really does slaughter me with her ability to produce mystery after mystery that creates"chicken skin" as it pulsates with a riveting voice that somersaults on the page. This is the 10th book in the series, and although it is perfectly acceptable as a stand alone, there is much to be gained from reading from her first book. I knew the characters' previous struggles, rounding out their personalities and increasing my empathy for the situations they were in. For those who have not read her books, let me warn you that they can be very graphic and disturbing in their explicitness but definitely not gratuitous. In this particular book, Sara and Will are involved in investigating serial murders and rapes under the most gruesome circumstances. The novel intersperses chapters from Sara's life with her previous husband to the present day. The flow between the chapters proceeds smoothly and is necessary to reveal the true identity of the killer.You can read from the blurb the meat of the book, but just know that you will be in for a good deal of sleepless nights while you are glued to the pages.

The book was such a fast, violent, engrossing read! I love the Will Trent and Grant County series. This story gives some backstory between Sara and Jeffrey, with a really interesting storyline. It was pretty violent, but that's expected with her series - I like the details of the life of a coroner and investigator. Her level of detail makes me feel like I belong on the squad!

What can I say. First of all this author is one of my favorites. I loved this book. I did figure out who the bad guy was! I think Will is one of my favorite fictional characters. So good. Thank you and thank goodness there will be more!

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!!

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!!