The Silent Wife

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Author
Karin Slaughter
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genres
Crime Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
Released
01 July, 2020
ISBN
9781460757048

The Silent Wife

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Synopsis

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 ...

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Take a Sneak Peek at Karin Slaughter's Gripping New Novel, The Silent Wife

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Take a Sneak Peek at Karin Slaughter's Gripping New Novel, The Silent Wife

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        Karin Slaughter
        About the author

        Karin Slaughter

        Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, her 20 novels include the Grant County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and the instant Sunday Times bestselling novels Pretty GirlsThe Good DaughterPieces of Her and The Last Widow. Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project - a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, Karin Slaughter lives in Atlanta. Her standalone novel Pieces of Her is in development with Netflix and the Grant County and Will Trent series are in development for television.

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