Sara Linton is in the right place at the wrong time, while Wil Trent is in the wrong place at the right time. Sara is taken and Wil has to find her even though this seems an impossible task.
Another excellent gripping book by Karen Slaughter.
A group led by an extremist with a plan to make the world listen and follow his ideals for the future of mankind has taken Sara into his compound in the mountains. Millions could be in danger if his plan succeeds. Can Wil save Sara and stop this disaster? Read and find out and enjoy every page.

This was a totally absorbing book about white supremacists who want to go back to the time of the Pilgrims when white men were at the top of the tree, women and non whites at the bottom. Various government bodies are trying to track them down but sharing of information between them is sparse. Very gruesome in parts but the non stop action did not allow you to dwell. Another great story from Karin Slaughter.

The next instalment of Sara and Will is just as gripping as those before it. This book is fast paced and gripping, right from the first page I was hooked and couldn’t put the book down! Character development is excellent, both with familiar characters and the new. There are plenty of opportunities for the next instalment and I cannot wait!

At first I wasn’t sure about this book, but then I remembered what an amazing writer Karin Slaughter is, and the reputation of the Sara Linton stories are. I found the beginning a little off putting when it felt like you were reading the same bit multiple times, but then the reason for this made sense. I am looking forward to reading many of these in the future and have already told a number of people to read this book and indeed the complete series so far.

Another blockbuster

The Last Widow sees the return of Will Trent and Sara Linton in an action-packed ninth novel featuring this couple as the main characters.

Michelle Spivey is a specialist in diseases, but first and foremost, she is a mother. So, when threatening men appear in a parking lot when she is with her young daughter, her first thought is to save her child. However, the men want her not the girl and snatch her into oblivion. A month later, Michelle turns up in the middle of a major incident centred around the local hospital. Will and Sara have rushed to assist but Sara is also abducted, and Will is lucky to escape with his life. He vows to find her, and so starts the chase.

Karin Slaughter is a master storyteller, and this thriller confirms that well-deserved reputation. She is sometimes thought of as incorporating too much violence and being very non-pc, but I find this refreshing in these days when some people take offence at any minor infringement of perceived social norms.

This far into the series, both Will and Sara feel like old friends, so it's very easy to empathise with them and feel their pain. And there's a lot of pain in this book, including not only adults but children as well so, if you are in the least bit squeamish, my suggestion would be to avoid this particular publication.

The group which has kidnapped both Michelle and Sara have a single-minded objective which is not revealed until the very last pages. Having said that the plot is cohesive and bounces along rapidly, encouraging the reader to turn just one more page. It’s a great read and one to be 100% recommended to anyone who enjoys this genre.

mr zorg

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Another brilliant read by Karin Slaughter. I didn't get what I expected from the title, so was a little surprised when I got into it and realised what THE LAST WIDOW was about. Utterly gripping, speedily paced and lots of twist turny bits. The only bits that didn't grab me were the descriptions of fighting and killing scenes, but that's just me. I'm not squeamish, I just don't find them interesting and always get a bit frustrated with them because I think they hold up the action, but apart from that....a must read! Thank you to Karin Slaughter, Harper Collins and Net Galley for my advance copy.

Perfection!
I've loved all but one of Karins books (Pieces of Her)
I was not at all disappointed with The Last Widow. I keep nagging my mother to read her books so I can talk to her about them.
I spent the night in reading this one and did not regret one second of time spent on it

5 Stars from me

Such an epic read - I really can see this one as a standalone film, it has everything: love, lust, fear, threat, cults, family, loss, abuse, a shootout, WMD, kidnapping and more heros than you can shake a stick at.

The Last Widow is exciting, fast paced, a bit cheesy and I loved it!

I still remember reading the book from Karin Slaughter where Jeffery was killed and thinking 'what has she done!', at that point Sara was a bit of a nothing character for me and Jeffery was the star of the show, I just couldn't see where she could take the books from there. But suffice it to say, Will Trent more than fills Jeffery's shoes and he makes for a fascinating male lead.

I would say this would make a fabulous holiday read as you need to suspend belief a little bit and immerse yourself in the pages - go on, you won't regret it!

Synopsis: From the No.1 bestselling author comes a gripping new crime thriller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton.

It begins with an abduction. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but in the end…they find nothing. It’s as if she disappeared into thin air.

A month later, on a sleepy Sunday afternoon, medical examiner Sara Linton is at lunch with her boyfriend Will Trent, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. But the serenity of the summer’s day is broken by the wail of sirens.

Sara and Will are trained to help in an emergency. Their jobs – their vocations – mean that they run towards a crisis, not away from it. But on this one terrible day that instinct betrays them both. Within hours the situation has spiralled out of control; Sara is taken prisoner; Will is forced undercover. And the fallout will lead them into the Appalachian mountains, to the terrible truth about what really happened to Michelle, and to a remote compound where a radical group has murder in mind…

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this gripping novel...

karin slaughter at her best..yet again a brilliantly written topical book

a kidnapping in broad daylight

a woman held against her will, nobody knows if she is alive or dead....

two explosions and another kidnapping

who what where...i absolutely loved this book...couldnt put it down

you cant go wrong with a karin slaughter book..highly recommend this one if you want to lose days and hours reading

Another good story from Karin . A mother is snatched into a van whilst in the company of her young daughter who runs away . She is held by the kidnappers whilst investigators try to find out what has happened to her . There are a number of storylines , part personal and part investigative running through , this but are all interlinked. An exciting read.

There is far more to this story than the precis would suggest but thankfully the action is interspersed with what, for most of us, would be ordinary everyday life. This gives you a chance to catch your breath and trust me, you need it!

The action begins with Michelle and her daughter at the mall but quickly moves on to more regular characters such as Will and Sara, again mixing action with more personal scenes. Once the realisation of what they are dealing with becomes apparent the jeopardy increases exponentially and all the main participants find themselves in unenviable situations.

This is first class storytelling and although some of the main ideas have been done before it didn't lessen their effect at all. Many of the scenes were more than scary in their execution and the matter of a fact way in which things were explained by both protagonists and antagonists was chilling.

I was able to read an advanced copy of this thanks to NetGalley and the publishers in exchange for an unbiased review and would recommend it to anyone who has read other books in this series or enjoys a thriller with just the right amount of background scenes and a full on no holds barred finale.

I love love love Karin Slaughter and her will trent series. It has been too long. This book was thrilling and fast paced. Initially the multiple point of views threw me but as I got more in to the book it really paid off. A must read

I enjoyed this book from start to finish. It was well written and I particularly like the way the chapters and events overlapped giving a different view of events by different characters. I have not read any of the previous novels but this did not detract from the story.

YES! YES! I was thrilled to receive an advance copy of this, you all know I am a ridiculously huge Karin Slaughter fan. I started this pretty much the second I got my hands on it, and I had no regrets. As with all Slaughter’s work (bar Pieces of Her), you will get sucked in almost immediately, and the story barrels along super fast.

The Last Widow flips between characters, telling the story simultaneously from differing perspectives, and it works so well. I absolutely love reading about Sara and Will, I think they are great together. It is a testament of Slaughter’s writing that she managed to merge two series so successfully, and especially how she brings Sara and Will together, and there is no resentment (because come on, Jeffrey man). The side characters don’t get as much focus in this one, making them more bit characters than usual, but that is alright.

I thought the story for The Last Widow was engrossing and interesting. The book  has it all – romance, action, drama, the works. Sara’s family makes an appearance again, and some truly hurtful things are said in that section, but it definitely contributes to all that goes on.The Last Widow is without a doubt a whirlwind read. The events take place really quickly, so the book is essentially a snapshot of time with characters we have grown to love over the years. I absolutely cannot wait for more in this series!

This is the latest in the Will Trent series from Karin Slaughter, however it is the first one I have read and I loved it so much that I am going to go back and read the back catalogue. I couldn't put it down and loved all the good characters and passionately hated the baddies. If you are a Will Trent or Karin Slaughter fan you will not be disappointed, but equally if this your first read - enjoy!

Will and Sara stop to help with an accident on the roadside and soon realise that something is wrong, In the violence that follows, Will is unconscious and Sara is kidnapped. She is taken by an American whilte supremacist military group who are pretty evil all round. The leader’s wife, Gwen, takes the prize for me. Will is desperate to get her back and stop whatever ‘The Message’ is that is planned by the group.
There’s a high body count in this book and it’s not for the faint hearted, Will and Sara’s relationship progresses more in this book than the previous one. A good read, as usual, but some stomach turning characters. Thanks to Netgalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter is the ninth book in the Will Trent series.
A woman is abducted from a shopping centre car park. A month later she is forced to take part in a terrorist attack.
Will Trent's girlfriend a doctor is also taken by the terrorist. It's a race against time to stop these men and get the woman back alive.
I did not enjoy this book as much as the author's earlier books in this series and found a difference in writing style and the story very slow at the beginning.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book gripped me from the beginning. Well written and I really invested in the characters. Really enjoyed it.

This is book 9 in the Will Trent series and also stars Sara Linton who we first met in the Grant County series. It's not wholly necessary to have read all the previous books to enjoy this one, I haven't, but I would advise that you do try a few as both these characters have backstories that, if known, will allow the reader to better understand them. There is a bit of catch-up to be found in this book, but it's only enough to get an inkling of a feel rather than a deeper understanding which I thing would help.
First a bit of a grumble. I really didn't get on with the beginning of the book. The whole things is told by three main characters - Will, Sara and Faith - and, as they are all together (mostly) at the beginning, there is a LOT of repetition when you see the scene from each pov. Luckily, this doesn't last too long as they all diverge and the narrative settles down. It was annoying at the time though. But please, if you feel the same as me, read through the pain as what eventually follows is worth it!
Rant over!
Sara and Will are enjoying a lazy day with Sara's family when they hear explosions. The race to the source, eager to offer any help they can. On the way, they come across a traffic accident and stop to help there instead. Things go south there quite quickly as Sara is taken, Will is injured, one of the baddies is captured and another interesting face pops up. It is obviously more than just an accident? But what? Meanwhile, there's a task force meeting including the GBI, but not Will himself, regarding a "highly valued" prisoner. Oh and there's also Michelle Spivey, a scientist with the CDC, who had also been abducted a while back. What follow is scary stuff indeed as Will goes undercover and the truth of what is actually happening starts to be unearthed.
Phew... what a story this turned out to be. Scary stuff indeed. More so, with the world as it is today, as it could actually happen! The author took me on a heart stopping ride of peril and danger pitting the wits of the powers that be, each withholding certain information for political reasons! And with a very worthy adversary whose agenda was, well, devastating if it came good.
The research that has obviously been done into certain elements of the story must have been painstaking as it all came across as very real. There is a lot going on, most of which I can't mention here due to spoilers but it definitely opened my eyes to some issues that certain people find themselves facing. But although some are quite shocking and, on the face of things, should be easy to avoid, the whole is delivered in a balanced way with both sides given equal measure to a certain extent.
Will and Sara give exactly what you would expect from them and, what happens to each of them along the way steers their relationship another direction at the end. I love the development the author gives them from their journeys through this book. Other characters, both new and old friends also play their parts well and the whole comes together very nicely at the end.
Pacing is good and there are lighter moments interspersed throughout which keeps the book from getting too dark, especially given the overall storyline.
Once we got over the repetitive start, the story kicked in nicely and held me captive throughout. It would be a shame if the book lost readers due to it which is why I repeat that it IS worth carrying on. I did toy with the idea of quitting at the time but, given the author's reputation and past books I have enjoyed, I did carry on and I am so glad I persevered.
Not the author's strongest book (due mostly to the opening) but a good solid read for me. Given the ending, I am very interested in seeing what's next for Will and Sara. My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Karin Slaughter is one of the best thriller writers in the world. Her latest offering confirms this reputation. I have ADORED every book in the Will Trent series.
The Last Widow is a tightly woven narrative featuring an extreme right group and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.

The minute-by-minute breakdown of the kidnapping of Sara Linton and Will’s race to find her is heart stopping.

What makes this series stand apart from others is Will Trent. His flawed, yet authentic relationships with the women in his circle – lover, boss, partner and ex - are incredibly well thought through and conceived. In The Last Widow the narrative moves on their relationships to perfection.

Like many other fans, I raced through this one into the small hours. Karin Slaughter has delivered another perfect thriller. When is the next one out?