The Silent Wife
- Author Karin Slaughter
- Narrator Laurence Bouvard
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 23 June 2020
- Run Time 19 hours
- Format x-book®
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
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The gripping No. 1 Sunday Times crime thriller
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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 the Number One bestselling author:
‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child
‘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
‘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
‘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 Silent Wife was a No.1 bestseller w/c 20/6/20
Critics Review
‘Gripping, gruesome and emotionally powerful, this is Slaughter doing what she does best’ Mail on Sunday
n‘As sharp and absorbing as ever’ Guardian
n‘Slaughter’s novel is both a page-turner and a protest about how often sexual violence is overlooked’ Sunday Times
n‘Tightly written, gritty and wonderfully gripping’ Woman’s Own
n‘Gritty and taut, it’s an expertly crafted novel’ Woman’s Weekly
n‘Another violent cat-and-mouse game in Slaughter’s dependable, long-running series’ Sun
nPraise for Karin Slaughter:
n‘I’d follow her anywhere’ Gillian Flynn
n‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ Tess Gerritsen
n‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ Michael Connelly
n‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child
n‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ Kathy Reichs
n‘Fiction doesn't get any better than this’ Jeffery Deaver
n‘A great writer at the peak of her powers’ Peter James
n'Karin Slaughter has – by far – the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson
n‘Raw, powerful and utterly gripping’ Kathryn Stockett
n‘With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last’ Camilla Lackberg
n‘It’s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody – like a perfectly cooked steak’ Stuart MacBride
n‘The best yet’ Lesley Pearse
n‘Amongst the world‘s greatest and finest crime writers’ Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
n‘Smart, gripping and packed with enthralling characters, this darkly addictive tale will reel you in from the get-go’ Heat
n‘The queen of the explosive thriller’ Good Housekeeping
n‘Buckle up for an exhilarating read’ Prima
n‘Slaughter skilfully juggles her twin time frames and delivers a taut, complex and unusually thoughtful thriller’ Mail on Sunday Event Magazine
n‘A great read’ Daily Mail
n'The best suspense novel of the year' Daily Express
n‘Fierce, savagely well-written’ Metro
n‘Slaughter judiciously keeps the characterisation of her imperilled protagonists to the fore’ Guardian
nUser Reviews
I loved this from the start. It was gripping and amusing in places
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