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The author of The Silent Wife returns with the ninth, gripping instalment in her series featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton, this time untangling the vast web of deception surrounding the disappearance of a disease control specialist. Pulsating with unexpected, explosive twists, The Last Widow shows Katrin Slaughter at the top of her game.
Three...
A woman is abducted in front of her child.
Two...
A month later, a second is taken in explosive circumstances.
One...
But the web is bigger and darker than anyone could imagine.
The clock is ticking to uncover the truth.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008303426
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 330 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A suspense-laden thriller...will keep you up into the small hours' - Good Housekeeping
'Prepare for a rollercoaster ride, Slaughter is back with a vengeance' - Woman
'Fans will rejoice as popular characters Will Trent and Sara Linton make an explosive comeback' - Woman's Weekly
'A helter skelter ride' - Financial Times
Praise for Karin Slaughter:
'I'd follow her anywhere' - Gillian Flynn
'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' - Tess Gerritsen
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' - Michael Connelly
'Passion, intensity, and humanity'- Lee Child
'A writer of extraordinary talents' - Kathy Reichs
'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' - Jeffery Deaver
'A great writer at the peak of her powers' - Peter James
'Karin Slaughter has - by far - the best name of all of us mystery novelists' - James Patterson
'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' - Kathryn Stockett
'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' - Camilla Lackberg
'It's big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody - like a perfectly cooked steak' - Stuart MacBride
'The best yet' - Lesley Pearse
'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' - Yrsa Sigurdardottir
'Smart, gripping and packed with enthralling characters, this darkly addictive tale will reel you in from the get-go' - Heat
'The queen of the explosive thriller' - Good Housekeeping
'Buckle up for an exhilarating read' - Prima
'Slaughter skilfully juggles her twin time frames and delivers a taut, complex and unusually thoughtful thriller' - Mail on Sunday Event Magazine
'A great read' - Daily Mail
'The best suspense novel of the year' - Daily Express
'Fierce, savagely well-written' - Metro
'Slaughter judiciously keeps the characterisation of her imperilled protagonists to the fore' - Guardian
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“Thrilling and sadly very relevant for our time.”
This is the latest in the Will Trent series from Karin Slaughter, however it is the first one I have read and I loved it so much that I am going to go back and read the back catalogue. I couldn't put it down and... More
“Topical Georgia-based thriller with plenty of action - a roller-coaster ride!”
At the beginning of this novel, a disease specialist is kidnapped and, from that point onwards, it's virtually non-stop action as Sara, a doctor and medical examiner, and her partner, Will, a GBI agent, try to... More
“Well written, plotted and executed”
The Last Widow is the ninth book in the Will Trent series. It can be read as a standalone but you may well want to go and read the backstory of both Will and his partner, Sara. I have been a huge fan of the author and... More
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