Karin Slaughter

When a battered young woman is left for dead, a prisoner in the state penitentiary points out that the attack closely resembles the one for which he was convicted-and which he insists he didn't commit. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent enlists the help of his girlfriend, medical examiner Sara Linton, to investigate the new case in light of the older one.

The Silent Wife

The gripping No. 1 Sunday Times crime thriller ‘This is Slaughter doing what she does best’ Mail on Sunday ‘As sharp and absorbing as ever’ Guardian ‘A page turner’ Sunday Times

The Silent Wife (The Will Trent Series, Book 10)

Katrina Rock

The gripping No. 1 Sunday Times crime thriller 'This is Slaughter doing what she does best' Mail on Sunday 'As sharp and absorbing as ever' Guardian 'A page turner' Sunday Times

Alexa M

4.5 

okay. wow. the end! what to say. the mystery in this one was really good! i loved the serial killer aspect of it and did NOT see the twist coming at all. truly shocking. i think this was a pretty satisfactory ending to this series - and it left it open for the possibility of more books down the line.

now the series as a whole - this is a solid 4 star series. comparatively, I'd have to admit that i think i liked the Grant County series a little better. i just looOved Sara and Jeffrey and it honestly is hard for me to wrap my head around Sara and Will - i don't think i'm fully on board. the constant back and forth between them really took me out of the stories at times. also, since we were dealing with the state government and not a local police force in this series, i didn't love some of the storylines (like the cartel/gangs/conspiracy-esque ones). 

overall, no one does thrillers like Karin Slaughter and i will forever and ever pick up books by her. amen!

Luna

this sure had a lot of details about brutal rape & female genitalia to be disgustingly misogynistic and ablest by saying women suck for not wanting to have a wooden hammer shoved inside of them. i cannot physically fathom the mental gymnastics you have to do to write about rape like it’s a stepping stone or character development or something that must be enjoyable even when all your doctor characters verify that it literally tears your body apart but ... apparently karin slaughter is not ruled by logic, basic medical knowledge, or empathy. i think i would’ve actually loved this story if every female character wasn’t given absolute shit but i’m sorry i can’t support the “i’m not like other girls because i like being brutally attacked” narrative. stop it. get some help.

Pam Sartain

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter is the tenth in the Will Trent series, but I didn't find this stopped me from enjoying the book.

A decade old case is going to be re-opened, with Sara Linton's dead husband as one of the people who investigated it, but did he get the wrong person?

Karin Slaughter writes tense thrillers well, and I remember the moment everything clicked in to place for me, and it was obviously the moment that she wanted it to.  It was well paced, and kept me hooked.

 The Silent Wife  was published on 23rd June 2020.  You can buy it on  Amazon  and  Waterstones .  I’ve found a link to where you can search for  local bookshops , including independent!

If you’re interested in tense thrillers, then here’s some others I’ve reviewed:

 The Guest List  by Lucy Foley  

 The Island  by Ragnar Jónasson 

 Run Away  by Harlan Coben 

 What She Found in the Woods  by Josephine Angelini 

I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, and so my thanks to NetGalley, and to  HarperCollins  (the publishers) for this book.

Tayler Park

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved and devoured this book. It was a gripping and bingeworthy read. I did not guess the killer and those are the best kind of books. I rated it 5 stars. It was absolutely amazing. READ THIS BOOK!

“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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Samantha

Was really good, found the female main character insufferable though. 

Alyssa Halfhill

All I can compare this to is a mix between SVU and Criminal Minds. Great tension the entire time and fantastic characters. Will absolutely read again 😁😁😁

nadine ♡

He watches. A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she's wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. He waits. A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical. He takes. Although the original trail has gone cold - memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared - agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife.

The Silent Wife

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