It seems I started with a book by Karin Slaughter and am ending this month with another title by this author. I envy her ability to write so many books and keep her characters in the Will Trent series alive. I am very familiar with all the people in this book, though I think this can be risky for any first-time readers. It absolutely not necessary, in my opinion, to read any of Slaughter’s books in order. I first got into this series by picking up a random title and reading. The characters and their usually troubled pasts are revealed throughout the book, which is also an excellent refresher, even for those who know Faith, Will, and Sara.
But I digress. It takes a few chapters for the story to pick up its pace and for the puzzle pieces to fall into place. I got a little bit frustrated with the constant descriptions of the same scene from different characters, though in hindsight I realise why this was important. In The Last Widow, Sara (a paediatrician) is kidnapped by a group of armed men who have recently already abducted a researcher for the CDC. This book features many thematic elements that are important and relevant in today’s society – such as far-right extremists, vaccines, white supremacists, and the ugly underbelly of society in the West. I don’t want to reveal any more, for fear of spoiling what is a terrifically exciting read. However, I do think that the ending of this book let the story down somewhat, being rather more predictable and dissolving any mystery that Slaughter had so carefully put in place. A solid end to May.

I’ve followed Karin’s books for many years and this one is a further classic. Well done Karin such a dark and suspenseful tale which kept me diverted throughout. I think the pace could have been quicker hence the drop of a star but overall quality of the read was brilliant!

When a new book comes along from a favourite author I get excited but equally a little worried, what if the new book doesn’t live up to the others? What if I don’t enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the rest. Well I needn’t have worried, Karin Slaughter has created another cracker.

A terrorist groupie abduct a woman from a supermarket car park, Will Trents girlfriend also becomes a victim of this terrorist group, Can these women be saved and the terrorists caught before an inevitable disaster occurs.

Fast paced, exciting and hard to put down. Well earned 5 stars

4-4.5*

Another cracking read from Karin Slaughter The Last Widow opens as Michelle is abducted. She works for CDC and the GBI are trying to find her. Then there’s an explosion and as Sara Linton and Will Trent are on their way to help Sara is taken. Will is injured but desperate to know what has happened to Sara and get her back. The hospital car park explosion has the FBI involved. There seems to be connections between the abduction of Michelle and the hospital bombing. Has Sara also been taken by the same people? Why have these women been taken?

The first books I read by Karin Slaughter were the Grant County Series in which Sara was the main character they are terrific books and well worth reading. Karin Slaughter addresses difficult issues and draws wonderful characters in these books which are gritty, gripping and very well written. When this series finished the Will Trent series started and I did read a couple but missed Sara and the Grant County books. So it’s great to have her back in these books. I think it has made them much more enjoyable and between Sara and Faith, Will’s work partner, has brought more balance to the books and allowed Will’s character and personality to shine and be better understood. They are a terrific combination.

In this book Karin Slaughter weaves a rather frightening tale of what happens when a white supremacist acts out his ‘beliefs’ with his followers. There are some really horrible characters and, as ever, Karin Slaughter pulls no punches and produces a gritty tale of what these people can be capable of and what life can be like living in their midst. Still this is also about finding out what happened to Michelle and Sara, why were they taken and can they be found before it’s too late? What is being planned? Can Will, Faith and Angela work everything out in time?

This is a gripping, well-paced, well plotted and heart rending novel which you won’t be able to put down until the final act is played out.

Don’t just read this, although do read this, read any and all of Karin Slaughters books you will not be disappointed.

With thanks to Harper Collins for inviting me to read and providing an eCopy of The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter via NetGalley. All thoughts are my own, I have not received payment for this review.

I really enjoyed this dark thriller it kept you going throughout the book. It has been a few years since I read anything by Karin Slaughter but so glad I picked this one up. I now want to go back and read all the ones I missed.
How far would you go for the one you loved? Hell and back doesn't seem to come close to what Will and Sara have to go through.

I am a Karin Slaughter fan and have read all of her previous novels. This is the 9th novel with Dr Sara Linton and investigator Will Trent and it lives up to all of the previous. The prologue section gripped you and then chapter one introduces you again to Dr Sara Linton, you realise straight away your in safe hands.
A woman called Michelle has been taken and a month later there is no sign. Why has she been taken and is there any hope she is still alive?
Sara and Will are trying to further their relationship and get her mother to accept him. Suddenly Sara is taken and Will has to go undercover to get her back.
The topics of the novel are very current and you can see in today’s world how people may seem fit to withdraw and create their own society but with every society there is negatives.
Sara finds herself facing her worst nightmare.
You could read this as a stand-alone but you will enjoy their story more if you know the past of Sara and Will.
Fantastic read!

This is a book that really had me turned.
Sometimes I hated it and other times I fell in love.
The characters I've met before and this new story had made me love them more a bit like family.

Will Trent and Sarah Linton are at her family home when there is a explosion and both try to find out where it came from.
The next moment a few men come out of the driveway to Saras family home and shots are fired and Sara is kidnapped and Will has been left injured.
What happens next is a shocking.
A neo nanzi exstreem to get rid of anyone that isn't white.

Yet another fantastic book in the Will Trent series.
This book starts off with a bang and doesn’t let go until the end.
Will and Sara are visiting her mum when they feel a rumble and then a massive explosion nearby. They go out to see what’s happened and see some vehicles that have crashed in the aftermath of the explosion.
Sara, being a Doctor, goes over to help but soon realises things are not what they seem.
Will is helpless as Sara is taken from him and even her mum, armed with a shotgun, can do nothing.
Will, Faith and Amanda have to work our where Sara has been taken and by whom and it’s a race against time to get her back.
This is a fast paced, addictive crime thriller that had me on the edge of my seat and I loved it.
A truly fantastic book.
Thanks to Harper Collins UK and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I have not read the other books in the Will Trent series but this works as a stand alone novel. I found the story slow in the beginning but it picks up pace. The story went in an unexpected direction from the description but I enjoyed it more as I read, The descriptive details meant that I didn’t just read it, I lived it. The plot is very current which made it more chilling and credible. Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins UK and Karen Slaughter for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is the 9th book in the Will Trent series by author Karin Slaughter but could easily be read as a stand alone.
Michelle Spivey a scientist from the Centre for Disease Control is kidnapped by unknown assailants and authorities are desperate to find her. One month later, a bomb goes off in the Atlanta neighbourhood that houses Emory University, two hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC. Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and his girlfriend Sara, a medical examiner rush to the scene. Only to run straight into a dangerous conspiracy. Stakes are raised when Sara is kidnapped and Will goes undercover to save her and prevent the deaths of thousands of people.
This is a fast paced thriller that is not for the feint hearted.
I would like to thank both Net Galley and Harper Collins for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

A chilling account of what a group of people can do to others when they are alienated from society and have a leader like Dash training them for evil deeds. Sickening, gruesome, brutal and just downright scary this book is not for the faint-hearted. Bombings, abduction, killing, raping and biological warfare are the basis for Special Agent Will Trent and doctor Sara's intrepid battle for survival.
It is a compelling storyline as always from Karin Slaughter, with plenty of danger and action but perhaps not a book you could say was 'enjoyable' as it is so sinister and violent. There is quite a bit of technical detail which adds authenticity and I am not criticising the amount of research that obviously goes into these type of police investigation novels, but I found those parts a bit tedious.
I read on wanting justice to be done, good to win over evil and for Will and Sara to live happily ever after because that's the type of person I am. Which is why I also prefer books with more of a human angle and not so much guns, death and risk-taking.

It's so good to catch up with these two characters again in this topical thriller.

It's a fast-paced thriller that really digs into the motivations and appeal of Alt-right groups. Without preaching or in any way condoning (far from it!) the actions of the group that kidnaps Sara, Karin Slaughter does explore the political, economic and social climate that has led to such dissatisfaction, and in extreme cases, violence and terrorism. Will has to infiltrate the group to rescue Sara and prevent another attack. The book had me on the edge of my seat on more than one occasion and I couldn't read it fast enough.

My thanks go to Net Galley and the publishers for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

Cards on the table, I am a Karin Slaughter fan!

I think after this book you will be too.

What makes her storytelling so good is the attention to detail and the work she puts in behind the scenes to make it believable. Unfortunately the premise in the book is worryingly believable.

She writes so well and her turns or phrase are real and not cheesy at all, she keeps to coming back for more and it is such a quick read because you don’t want to stop.

I have read quite a few of Karen Slaughter's books - the best of which are the Grant County series. -this latest one -The Last Widow - does not disappoint . . Will has to step up to the plate -in order to rescue Sara from a particularly nasty bunch . Touching on tense subjects such as racism -child abuse -mass murder -it's a roller coaster ride from start to finish !
My only criticism was probabaly at the beginning when the story was told from 3 different perspectives -I did get a little bored -however once the story unfolded -I was hooked .Can't wait for the next chapter in Will and Sara's lives !!

From the first to the last page this book ripped along at nail breaking speed . Karin Slaughter never disappoints At times the tension is palpable and deals with difficult subjects including the frightening rise of the Alt Right. Sadly this is the story of our time.

An engaging read that is particularly topical at this time, both horrific and enthralling as you work your way through such an emotive subject. The in-depth research by the author is obvious in the detail but delivers slightly differently in way of the same story being told from different characters. What wasn’t different was the graphic details which I am a big fan of.
Although a slower start I felt it was a nice build up to the page turner we expect and love from the excellent Karin Slaughter. Thoroughly recommended.
With thanks to the publisher via NetGalley for the ARC

Karin Slaughter fans have been waiting a long time for this book. The Last Widow is the 9th book in the Will Trent series. Last time we saw Will, was in The Kept Woman back in 2017. Well, it was definitely worth the wait- and you can see why it took so long (apart from Slaughter writing two stand alone novels in the mean time). The research for this book must have taken an insanely long time. It is so very detailed. I get super excited when a new Slaughter book is announced, so it is no surprise that I gave this one 5 stars. Here’s what I thought:

Bit of a back story for the two main characters – Will Trent and Sara Linton. We met Sara back in Blindsighted (the first of the Grant County series in 2001), where she was married to Jeffrey, the town’s chief of police. She looked after the towns kids as the doctor, and looked after their deceased as the coroner. Helping her husband solve murder cases, Sara was involved in a lot of drama throughout the series. After Jeffrey’s murder, she met Will, a GBI agent, whilst helping on another case. She has evolved from the small town pediatrician to the medical examiner for the GBI.

Will was first introduced to us in Triptych, where we also met his horrible ex-wife Angie. Luckily for us Angie doesn’t show her face in The Last Widow. Will is socially awkward, he’s not used to attention and people being nice to him, and he was brought up in the foster system. He and Sara have found love in the most hostile of circumstances and now face their toughest challenge…

Sara gets kidnapped by a terrorist organisation known as the IPA. They need her to help rid the kids of a measles outbreak in their mountain camp. Will must go under cover to rescue her before it is too late, and the IPA carry out their mission.

Now, as I mentioned, KS has done A LOT of research into her subject matter. White supremist groups, chemical and biological weapons, racist paedophiles – you name it, KS has looked into the depths of horror and pulled out a masterpiece of writing. She doesn’t hold back. We get the details, however disgusting they are, and trust me, the bad guys here are nothing short of scum. She doesn’t use violence and gore for shock value, it is used to accurately set the scene of situations that unfortunately seem all to real.

My heart breaks for Will when he realises Sara has been taken and that he can’t do anything about it. You can tell she is his world, and he needs to help her. Can he get her back? Can he stop the IPA from delivering their ‘message’ before it is too late?

Special mention for Faith, Will’s partner at the GBI, she is instrumental in getting Will the back up he needs when he needs it most, and she also provides the humour to keep us up when the subject matter is getting just a little too tough. "Her cop's salary, along with her propensity for having children out of wedlock, had put a major dent in her travel budget".

I am hoping to see Van Zandt again at some point in relation to Faith… "She bit her lip. She was going to end up blowing this guy just for his access to secret government control rooms".

Overall, this is a great instalment in the Will Trent series. I would recommend, although you are likely to need chunks of time to read this as it is quite unputdownable!

Oh wow, I just could not put this book down, talk about a page turner... at the outset we see Michelle being kidnapped, she is a scientist specializing in diseases but is the reason she was taken and if so, by whom?

Roll on an explosion at the local hospital, a terrorist plot? The book is told in three POV narratives, that of Sara, Will and his partner Faith so you got the story from every angle. It was a fast moving book involving pedophilia, child abuse, child murders, white extremists, religious beliefs, terrorism, the list is endless. This book will keep you reading into the night, its so intense, I had to keep reminding myself to breathe!!! Will definitely be recommending.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins UK, Harper Fiction for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

I’d like to thank HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Last Widow’ by Karin Slaughter in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

GBI special agent Will Trent and his paediatrician girlfriend Sara Linton are preparing to meet with Sara’s family for Sunday lunch when they hear an explosion. They immediately race to the source of the smoke which appears to be coming from Emory University when the perpetrators kidnap Sara. This act, together with the earlier abduction of scientist Michelle Spivey, is the start of the most deadly case Will has ever been involved in.

Karin Slaughter has written a phenomenal thriller which begins with the events that happen on Sunday 4th August seen through the eyes of Sara, Will and his colleague and friend Faith. The narrative seemed so real that I felt I was there when Will was trying to locate and save Sara and stop the acts that were threatened. I was totally absorbed from page one, through each twist and turn, to the gruesome, bloodthirsty and absolutely horrific conclusion. I’ve read previous books in the Will Trent and Sara Linton series but this has to be the best yet.

Not only Karin Slaughter is back, but Will Trent is back!!! My favourite special agent has to save the world and the woman he loves in a new fast-paced and engrossing novel that I couldn’t put down.

What was supposed to be a family Sunday lunch for Will and his girlfriend, medical examiner Sara Linton, turns into bombs exploding, kidnappings, murder, and a race against time to stop a group of white supremacy terrorists from going through with their deadly plans.

In this new novel, Karin Slaughter takes us right into a far-right cult made of white men who want to control women, who want to cleanse the world of people of different race and religion and who make my blood boils in rage with every word they utter. I wish that the world Karin Slaughter created was pure fiction, but it felt so frighteningly real and menacing that I was on the edge of my seat with every page I read.

The story is told from three different points of views, Sara, Will and his partner Faith. I loved how the author structured the narrative and she rewrote some of the same scenes from different perspectives so that we see how all the characters feel and react to the same hard situation. Some of the descriptions were very disturbing and violent as Karin Slaughter addresses themes of rape, paedophilia, torture, and child murders making for a chilling and thought-provoking read, which is not new with this author.

I loved how we got a closer and deeper look inside Will and Sara’s relationship. I do adore these two characters and I love seeing them together. They are very different and they come from a different background but they fit so well together (I am a hopeless romantic!). In THE LAST WIDOW we see them not only fight to save each other, but also get a more profound understanding of each other that makes me just want to read more about them.

THE LAST WIDOW is the latest and ninth instalment of the Will Trent series. Like the other novels in this fantastic series, it is addictive, highly suspenseful, and thrilling and I am already looking forward to the next book!!!