Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events: First Chapter/Intros, now hosted by Socrates Book Reviews; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by The Purple Booker.
Today’s feature is The Silent Wife, by Karin Slaughter.
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Intro: (Prologue)
Beckey Caterino stared into the darkest corners of the dorm refrigerator. She angrily scanned the food labels, searching for her scrawled initials on anything—cottage cheese, Lunchables, bagel bites, vegan hot dogs, even carrot sticks.
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Teaser Tuesdays: Jeffrey saw the rolling lights of a police cruiser splashing the southwest corner of Omelet Road. He parked his Town Car at an angle across the street. Spectators stood on their front lawns. (p. 62).
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Synopsis: (Will Trent #10) Investigating the killing of a prisoner during a riot inside a state penitentiary, GBI investigator Will Trent is confronted with disturbing information. One of the inmates claims that he is innocent of a brutal attack for which he has always been the prime suspect. The man insists that he was framed by a corrupt law enforcement team led by Jeffrey Tolliver and that the real culprit is still out there—a serial killer who has systematically been preying on women across the state for years. If Will reopens the investigation and implicates the dead police officer with a hero’s reputation of wrongdoing, the opportunistic convict is willing to provide the information GBI needs about the riot murder.
Only days ago, another young woman was viciously murdered in a state park in northern Georgia. Is it a fluke, or could there be a serial killer on the loose?
As Will Trent digs into both crimes it becomes clear that he must solve the cold case in order to find the answer. Yet nearly a decade has passed—time for memories to fade, witnesses to vanish, evidence to disappear, and lies to become truth. But Will can’t crack either mystery without the help of the one person he doesn’t want involved: his girlfriend and Jeffrey Tolliver’s widow, medical examiner Sara Linton.
When the past and present begin to collide, Will realizes that everything he values is at stake . . .
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What do you think? I am a fan of this author and this series.
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SNOW SPARKS 
Thins sounds good; I haven’t read this author in several years. Hope you enjoy it Laurel.
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Thanks, Diane, I am eager to dive into it.
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I don’t think I’ve ever read a book by her. This sounds good!
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I love her books, too, and like the character of Will Trent. Thanks for visiting, Vicki.
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I like Karin Slaughter. I’m not as crazy about her Will Trent series as I am about some of her stand alone novels. (It could be because I didn’t start the series at the beginning so I’m willing to get Will Trent another shot)
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I enjoy the Will Trent series, although I have missed a few along the way. Thanks for stopping by, Donna.
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This book is on my list. It looks great!
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Thanks, Yvonne, I am eager to read it soon!
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I’ve only read a couple of her books but this one sounds really good. I would definitely continue.
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Thanks, Iliana, I think so, too.
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