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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, 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
"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, 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
- Format: MassMarketPaperback
- Author: Slaughter, Karin
- ISBN: 9781101887455
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 7.40 x 1.40
- Number Of Pages: 576
- Publication Year: 2016
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What's past is prologue in Karin Slaughter's Criminal
Jonnie S. - 7 years 11 months agoKarin Slaughter launched her career as a bestselling crime novelist in 2001 with the publication of Blindsighted, which introduced Dr. Sara Linton and the Grant County mystery series. In 2005, Slaughter created another character, Will Trent, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. It was inevitable that Sara and Will would cross paths, which they did in 2009's Undone; it was also inevitable that when they did, sparks would fly. In Criminal, which was published in 2012, Will and Sara are together, but, well, it's complicated. What's even more complicated is the mysterious connection between the recent murder of a college student and the secrets that surrounded Will's birth nearly 40 years ago. What I really liked about Criminal-besides the suspenseful plot and likeable characters-are the frequent flashbacks to the 1970s. The story alternates between the present day and four decades ago when Will's boss and mentor, Amanda Wagner, was just starting out on the Atlanta police force. Slaughter has done diligent and detailed research, perfectly capturing the styles, mores, racial tensions and even the technology (or lack thereof) of the era. Criminal is a fascinating read, with enough plot twists and character developments to hold your attention throughout the book. Slaughter ties it all together-past and present-in a most satisfying ending. It's so good, in fact, it's criminal.
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