NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“[A] hold-on-to-your-hat, nail-biting story.”—The Washington Post “Slaughter’s best yet, by far.”—Lee Child Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, … the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amanda’s motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before, when his father was imprisoned for murder, this was Will’s home. It appears that the case that launched Amanda’s career forty years ago has suddenly come back to life—and it involves the long-held mystery of Will’s birth and parentage. Now these two dauntless investigators will each need to face down demons from the past if they are to prevent an even greater terror from being unleashed.
Includes Karin Slaughter’s short story “Snatched” and a preview of the Will Trent novel Unseen
“With every page of this story the tension mounts. . . . If you have a hunger for a rich and fulfilling novel then you owe it to yourself to pick up Criminal.”—Huffington Post
“A masterpiece of character, atmosphere and riveting suspense, Criminal is the most powerful and moving novel yet from one of the most gifted storytellers at work today.”—Chicago Daily Herald
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Love her books! I read everything she writes! I am always on the edge of my seat!
I read this book with a desire to learn the back story of the detectives in Karen Slaughter’s crime series, set in Atlanta, Georgia. This story tells a disturbing story of how the young women who worked in the Atlanta Police Department were treated. There is also a gruesome story with a serial killer with a tie to one of the detectives. Good …
Loved all the will trent books
Couldn’t put it down. Made me cry at the end.
Karen Slauter keeps you involved as the story unfolds. I find it very enjoyable.
First book I ever read from this author…. definitely out of order, but have read every other book she has written since…
I liked the story, but it was a bit hard to hard at times.
This is part of her will trent series. Karen slaughter has created amazing and interesting characters, only to put them in a great story. This is a great who done it and how do I get out of it?
Exceptional writing, riveting
I ALWAYS read Karin Slaughter’s books!!
When a college student goes missing and Amanda Wagner refuses to let Will Trent participate, ensuing events resurrect the case that launched her career and expose the roots of his parentage.
The story transitions between the present and 1974/1975. Whatever I previously thought about Amanda Wagner and Evelyn Mitchell was upended here. Their early …
Great read. Best fiction writer ever.
I love all of Karin’s novels! You won’t want to put the book down until you’re finished!
I REALLY like the Will Trent series.
Was a dead on take of Atlanta in the early 70’s. And despite all the changes in the world, some things simply don’t change.
Love this writer
Karin Slaughter keeps me on the edge of my seat. I just could not put the book down.
She is a great writer
Karen Slaughter is one of my favorite authors…this is another winner!
I love the will Trent series