The Silent Wife

By Karin Slaughter

From the No.1 bestselling author comes a gripping new crime thriller featuring WILL TRENT and SARA LINTON.

'Simply one of the best thriller writers working today' Gillian Flynn

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 ...

Praise for Karin Slaughter:

'Crime fiction at its finest' Michael Connelly

'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' Jeffrey Deaver

'A writer of extraordinary talents' Kathy Reichs

'Karin Slaughter has - by far - the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson

'A masterful storyteller who doesn't mind treading down the darker paths of crime writing' Good Reading

'In a class of her own' West Australian

'It's not hyperbolic to declare that Slaughter is a master of her craft' Booklist starred review

'She really does make your hair stand on end' Kirkus starred review

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jul 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781460710814

Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant New York Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter and Pretty Girls. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series, Will Trent is a television series starring Ramón Rodríguez on ABC, and further projects are in development for television. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.

Reviews for The Silent Wife

[sallyelizabethmurphy · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Karin Slaughter’s best yet!