The Silent Wife

I did recieve a copy to review from Net Gallery, but this book I purchased in hardback. I have all the Karin Slaughter books and with the celebratory cover on the hardback, 20 books in 20 years in 2020. It was a book I needed to own.This is the series for crime investigation thriller series, many authors aspire to write like Slaughter and many do well but this is pure genius as soon as l read the first page, my shoulders relaxed I switched off and got stuck into the story. Slaughter has a way of writing that's hard to define, the filler details are concise and minimal so you get the background information without having to read loads and the back story is always present in each book so even if someone hasn't read the series they can still engage in the book and throughly enjoy it.Karin Slaughter books are on my to read again pile, the Will Trent series, which is the current running series including The Silent Wife is my favourite. Will Trent is not your usual investigator with his learning difficulties but it makes him loveable and as a reader I love hearing his approach to his work overcoming his difficulties and his relationship with Sara is just awesome. I was sad when Jeffery Tolliver died at the end of the Grant County series and I had no idea why Slaughter had done this. Then Will Trent arrived and it all made sense. But lovely to see Jeffery back in this book, historical events relevant to the current investigation but still lovely to have his character in action, and to see another side to the Lena character and see how poor she was as a police officer in the beginning. I didn't really get the dislike of her, she was more a rough diamond but seeing her unravel as a new officer was an insight.The Silent Wife is another 5 star book and will be a enjoyed by all who read it. A decisive, well written beautifully planned thriller again from Karin Slaughter.I cannot fault her books at all, they epitomise the perfect book for me, they have everything.If you haven't read Karin Slaughter before, start at the beginning with Blindsighted... Best read in order.

It's hard to imagine that it is 20 years since Karin Slaughter introduced us to Dr Sara Linton and (as the author regularly pauses in the writing of her series, to deliver quality standalone stories with other characters) always a delight to meet with 'old friends' despite all they've been through. This time though Slaughter has outdone herself, not only do we get Will, Amanda, Faith, Tessa and others appearing, and cameos from Sara's parents, but Lena Adams is back, Brock the Grant County undertaker/coroner, Jared, Sibyl Adams and Jeffrey.All cleverly told by jumping back to early in the series with flashback chapters that link seamlessly into the current day action, played out over a couple of days following a prison uprising. It took me less than a day and a half to devour this eagerly awaited tale of Will and Sara and that took a lot of discipline, I could have happily stayed up all night and finished it in half the time. There are twists, turns, surprises and a few typical Slaughter like gruesome bits, all adding to the sum total of another great read.I hesitate to say anything that might dampen someone elses enjoyment of the story so will simply say the team(s) are following up on what they discover to be a serial killer. She's tinkered with the timeline, so the twenty years we have spent with the characters is now just eight, but it works (though it likely means Sara is one of the strongest women in fiction, she's been through so much in that time) and hopefully means many more years of Will Trent, Sara Linton and the team. Believeable, readable and a tightly crafted tale that left me (as ever) wanting more. Thank you Karin, look forward to the next twenty years.

Instagram: @laurenslittlebookcaseThe Silent Wife, Karin Slaughter. 5/5A predator is stalking the women of Grant County, lingering in the shadows..... A decade later the case is closed, the killer is behind bars when another woman is brutally attacked leaving Agent Will Trent & Forensic Pathologist Dr Sara Linton to reopen the cold case. The clock is ticking, the killer is determined to find the perfect silent wife.A book drop from Karin is always a JOY. No other writer (especially in the genre!) has me ready for more before i even finish the book.The Silent Wife is SO good. As exquisitely put together as ever from Karin, her crime/thrillers are always 5 levels above and beyond what I read elsewhere. She is truly a master of her craft. Her explorations of both the violence against women and the barriers women face when they report it are so well researched. This is a continuation of her Grant County/Atlanta series crossing Will Trent/Sara Linton in which Karin has written a love story successfully into a crime/thriller without skipping a beat and keeping the reader invested in both threads of the storyline.This is Karins 20th novel and therefore my 20th of hers aswell as a few of her novellas and for the first time ever, i had an inkling on the suspect!This was a 5 star read for me. Karin never disappoints and so begins the long wait for her next release!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

"Witnessing an unnatural death came with the job, but something about this particular victim, this particular case, sent dread into every fiber of his being.He has hunted his share of murderers and rapists.He had never before hunted a predator."A sly and sadistic killer is brutally raping and murdering women and then managing to make it look like an accident while another man sits behind bars for his earlier crimes. But was it a set up like he claims or a mistake? In this sizzling new installment of the Will Trent series, agent Will Trent and pathologist Sara Linton are not only hunting a predator but trying to determine if there is evidence of police corruption in the first investigation. But it’s been a decade since the murders started, memories have faded and not all those involved are still alive to tell their side of the story. Can they find the truth and their killer before he strikes again?Dark, sinister, gritty and compelling, The Silent Wife is the twentieth book in twenty years from the thriller queen. When you read a Karin Slaughter novel you know you’re getting a first-class thriller. The writing is sharp, intelligent, bold and filled with dark humour. The Silent Wife is all this and more as creeping menace, dread and tension drip from every page, creating a heart-pounding, atmospheric read."She had seen first-hand evidence of his madness. He hadn't been content to rape the women. He had destroyed them."Ms. Slaughter’s novels aren’t for the faint hearted, and this one was certainly no exception, with some gruesome, stomach-churning descriptions that made even this seasoned thriller reader have to pause to collect myself at times. But it never feels gratuitous. The villain in this book is also without a doubt one of the most cruel, cunning and sadistic predators I’ve read. A number of times there are comparisons between the man they are hunting and Ted Bundy and reading this certainly gave me the same chills that I got from reading about Bundy and his crimes. This is a villain who will stay with me for a long time. The author uses this character’s crimes to highlight the sickening ways women are sometimes brutalised and the long term physical and psychological effects that it can have on the victim. She discusses her decision to do cults in a letter to the reader at the end of the book.When you reach the tenth book in a series you get to know the characters pretty well so reading them feels a little like meeting up with old friends. I will confess that I haven’t read all the books in this series; but I was an avid reader of the author’s earlier Grant County series and read the last book in this series. So while part of me felt like I was among friends, it was also like being with a new crowd where you don’t know all the in-jokes. But Ms. Slaughter has a way of catching you up in a concise manner so you can read it with or without having read the rest of the series.The Silent Wife is a wonderfully dark and twisted thriller that will leave you breathless.

I am a huge fan of KS, she never disappoints and this book is no exception. Once I start reading I can’t put her books down and this book had me gripped from the start. Be warned that KS doesn’t hold back and Describes victim’s injuries and experiences in graphic detail. This book is about a serial killer/rapist and I must admit that I did look over my shoulder a couple of times whilst walking in the woods. You could read this book having not read the rest of the series but in my opinion it would be best to start from the beginning with Blindsighted so that by the time you get to this one, you will have got to know all the main characters, loving some and hating others which will make this book an even better read.