The Kept Woman - Karin Slaughter

The Kept Woman

By Karin Slaughter

  • Release Date: 2016-09-20
  • Genre: Police Procedural
Score: 4
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From 1,476 Ratings

Description

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“Part True Detective, part The Girl on the Train. All parts gripping.” --theSkimm

The New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her returns with an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges Will Trent into the darkest depths of a mystery that just might destroy him.

Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future.

Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them.

With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site, Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop.

Studying the body, Sara Linton—the GBI’s newest medical examiner and Will’s lover—realizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victim—a woman—who has vanished . . . and who will die soon if she isn’t found.

Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the city’s most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the world’s most expensive lawyers—a man who’s already gotten away with rape, despite Will’s exhaustive efforts to put him away.

But the worst is yet to come. Evidence soon links Will’s troubled past to the case . . . and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friends—and even the suspects he pursues.

Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller -- a searing, unforgettable novel of love, loss, and redemption. 

Reviews

  • Kept woman

    5
    By Bepanty
    It’s a great read
  • Make it a mini series

    5
    By Christine madison
    Wonderful character development, twists that actually make sense, keeps you guessing the whole time. Can’t fault it.
  • Sleepless night

    5
    By jennyjennylynn
    I spent two sleepless nights staying awake to read this book. Finished on day 3… All of her Will Trent series are EXCEPTIONAL! But this one had so many twists and turns that I could not put it down. Very highly suggest!
  • Grow up?

    3
    By krt186
    I’ve made it thus far in this series to The Kept Woman. While I concur with nearly everyone else who appreciates Slaughter’s tenuous combination of minute detail on the one hand and page-turning suspense on the other, there is one matter that continues to aggravate me. I get the fact that Will was damaged by his upbringing (although Slaughter’s habit of attributing *everything* to it is a little too slavishly Freudian for me — but that’s another review). What is bothersome is the fact that Will & Sara’s relationship slides further and further backwards, into adolescence, with every book. I fully expect him to be stealing and writing cute notices on her training bra within a couple of books. Neither of them grows relationally even as their relationship becomes more and more intensely sexual. The delta here is aggravating. It’s not how adults function no matter how much they were damaged in their early years. Character development demands development, and Will isn’t. Otherwise (!) a fine and very engaging series.
  • Hope next story does not have Angie

    4
    By MLWMWM
    Angie needs to go. She’s beginning to ruin the story line, it’s depressing.
  • The Kept Woman

    4
    By 42791Callie102790
    Let me start by saying that I love the Will Trent books. This book, though good, was not the normal quality of book written on these wonderful characters. Will went off the deep end more, way more, than ever before. He, at the end of the book, realized some things and acted on some things that he should have done long before. Sara was completely weak in her character. I’m hoping that Faith will be next up in a book with Will and Sara resolving some important issues in the background. Look forward to the Will Trent book!!!
  • Amazing read

    5
    By jillian graciale
    Could not put it down!!
  • Such a good book!

    5
    By Sloane553
    Such a good book. Could not put it down
  • Kept Woman

    4
    By Tam Tam916
    This book was an interesting read.
  • Definite page turner

    5
    By Toolazytocook
    I couldn't wait to read more. There were so many twists & turns. I truly enjoyed it.