Helpful Score: 1
I have enjoyed Karin slaughter's books but this one was really, suspenseful and sharp! It was a favorite one so far and anything else I say would be a spoiler!
This book is a nail biter! Will and Sara are challanged like never before. Sara is kidnapped and Will is beaten up and shot trying to stop it.
The story progresses and you are taken for the ride of your life as we meet a group of extremists where no one is safe. The race to find Sara and figure out what the crazies are planning is spine tingling and filled with anxiety and excitement.
This book is hard to put down. Another win for this author!
The story progresses and you are taken for the ride of your life as we meet a group of extremists where no one is safe. The race to find Sara and figure out what the crazies are planning is spine tingling and filled with anxiety and excitement.
This book is hard to put down. Another win for this author!
I happened onto this book in the Will Trent series at a thrift store and based on my previous reads of Slaughter, I grabbed it. I have read a few of her books including the first Trent novel, TRIPTYCH, which I thought was a really good thriller. I also have enjoyed the Will Trent TV series on ABC so I was anxious to read Last Widow. Well things have changed for Trent since the first book. THE LAST WIDOW is the ninth book in the series and Trent is now seeing Sara Linton, a medical examiner who appeared in Slaughter's earlier Grant County series. Angie Polaski, who Trent met in foster care and who he later married, is now out of the picture. I guess I need to read the intervening books to find out exactly what happened. Anyway, Last Widow starts out with a female scientist from the CDC being kidnapped in a shopping center. About a month later two bombs go off near the location of Atlanta's Emory University. Will Trent and Sara are close by and rush to the scene only to run into the assailants who have the CDC scientist held captive. A gun fight ensues and because Sara is a doctor, she is abducted by a white supremacist group and taken to a remote location. But for what purpose? Trent ends up going undercover to try to save her and prevent an unknown plot by the group. So what exactly is the plot and how does the CDC scientist fit into it?
This was another thrill ride from Slaughter that kept me turning the pages. I definitely need to read more in the series but as usual, I seem to read a lot of series books out of order. I did think this one was a little longer than it needed to be and probably could have been cut down by a hundred pages or so but overall I would still give it a high recommendation.
This was another thrill ride from Slaughter that kept me turning the pages. I definitely need to read more in the series but as usual, I seem to read a lot of series books out of order. I did think this one was a little longer than it needed to be and probably could have been cut down by a hundred pages or so but overall I would still give it a high recommendation.
It's been a month since a scientist for the Centers for Disease Control was kidnapped from a mall parking lot. GBI Special Agent Will Trent and Dr. Sara Linton are visiting with her family when they hear an explosion which is centered near Emory University and two hospitals. Hurrying to the scene, Will and Sara end up in a dangerous situation. Sara is kidnapped by a group of Domestic Terrorists, and Will is left badly injured. Vowing to rescue Sara, Will works with his partner, Faith Mitchell, to discover who is behind the explosions and where they have taken Sara.
Wow! Karin Slaughter just keeps topping herself with each book in this series. We waited a long time for this book to come out, but it was definitely worth the wait. This story is told from alternating and overlapping points-of-view. Each chapter is told by either Sara, Will, or Faith, and we get to see what is happening from their perspective. Occasionally I found this a little confusing until I started checking the date and time at the beginning of each chapter.
This book deals with a lot of hot issues: pedophilia, domestic terrorism, and biological warfare. Just when you think you have it figured out, something new is thrown into the mix. The story also advances Will and Sara's relationship. There are some stellar scenes between the two of them, and also between Sara's mother and Will.
So, if you plan on reading this book, block out a large amount of time. You won't be able to put this one down. My rating: 5 Stars.
Wow! Karin Slaughter just keeps topping herself with each book in this series. We waited a long time for this book to come out, but it was definitely worth the wait. This story is told from alternating and overlapping points-of-view. Each chapter is told by either Sara, Will, or Faith, and we get to see what is happening from their perspective. Occasionally I found this a little confusing until I started checking the date and time at the beginning of each chapter.
This book deals with a lot of hot issues: pedophilia, domestic terrorism, and biological warfare. Just when you think you have it figured out, something new is thrown into the mix. The story also advances Will and Sara's relationship. There are some stellar scenes between the two of them, and also between Sara's mother and Will.
So, if you plan on reading this book, block out a large amount of time. You won't be able to put this one down. My rating: 5 Stars.
Has all the elements of a great story, supreme tension and suspense, builds to a tense climax, satisfying ending, and excellent storytelling in between. I love the characters of Will Trent and Sara Linton. Give us more!
Sara has been taken prisoner and Will is forced undercover, on a case in which thousands of lives are at stake. This book is too political for me and I think Slaughter needs to get back to the Will Trent and Sara Linton in a Grant County storyline that we all love. Slaughter is a great storyteller but we love to be entertained by by the exploits of Sara and Will's relationship instead of Neo-Nazi's, domestic terrorism and homebred militia which we get enough of on the nightly news. This is not the direction I was hoping this great series would take and I hope Slaughter can bring the next in the series back home to Grant County. I would recommend this book to those who like to read about political happenings in the world but if you want to read about Will and Sara in Grant County, then you will be as disappointed as I am.
