This series follows detective Will Trent and his partner, doctor Sara Linton, as they work to solve complex crimes in Georgia. The stories focus on their personal lives and the traumas that affect their work. The series explores themes of justice, victimhood, and the human psyche. Each case is unique and reveals the dark sides of human nature.
In the city of Atlanta, women are dying at the hands of a cunning killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this madman brings together investigators, bystanders, and one very guilty man in a harrowing drama.
When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever. When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl's life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team - paired with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting. But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta's wealthiest, most privileged communities - before it's too latea
Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta's Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror.
Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton and Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Will Trent have their work cut out for them when the prime suspect in a shoreside murder winds up dead in his holding cell.
Zwei Autoren erzählen vier Geschichten, die alle das Motiv des Fallens erkunden – sei es aus gesellschaftlichen Konventionen oder der Realität. Die Figuren, von Sektenführern bis Astronauten, erleben das Fallen als existenzielle Grenzerfahrung, in der sie die Kontrolle über ihr Schicksal verlieren. Diese Charaktere sehnen sich danach, das Unbekannte im freien Fall zu erfahren. Die Texte bieten keine Antworten, sondern vermitteln ein Gefühl der Schwerelosigkeit. Die außergewöhnliche Buchgestaltung von Hans-Jörg Pochmann hebt die Gravitationskräfte der Seiten auf: Der Satzspiegel dreht sich beim Lesen, sodass man ab der Mitte des Buches rückwärts liest. Dieses Leseerlebnis zieht den Leser unaufhaltsam in den Strudel des Fallens. Das Buch wurde 2012 mit dem 'Förderpreis für junge Buchgestaltung' und 2013 mit der 'Goldenen Letter' ausgezeichnet. Die Stiftung Buchkunst lobt die innovative Gestaltung, bei der zwei Geschichten – eine deutsche und eine englische – bis zum Ende durchblättert werden. Die Titel 'Fallen' unterscheiden sich nur im Tempus, was dem Buchgestalter die Möglichkeit für eine klassische Typografie bietet. Der Text rotiert um 180 Grad, was die Inszenierung des Fallens und der Grammatik verstärkt. Dieses typografische Spiel ist sowohl zwingend als auch überraschend, und der Leser fragt sich, wie er in diese Erfahrung geraten ist und wie er wieder herauskommt.
The past will always find you ... A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in. And a past that could hold the clue to the killings ...
Karin Slaughter’s novels featuring detective Will Trent are utterly riveting. In her latest thriller, tensions rise as detectives, lovers, and enemies confront each other in a gripping battle between courage and evil. Will Trent, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent, goes undercover as Bill Black, a menacing ex-con in Macon, Georgia. His disguise attracts the attention of a drug dealer who sees him as a potential ally. However, isolated from the support of his love, Sara Linton, Will finds his past demons resurfacing. Meanwhile, Sara has come to Macon after her stepson, Jared, is shot in his home. She blames Lena, Jared’s wife and a detective known for attracting trouble, for the tragedy. Unbeknownst to Sara, she becomes entangled in the same investigation as Will, leading to escalating danger for both. As their paths converge, the story unfolds with fierce intensity, shifting loyalties, and shocking twists, revealing a conspiracy that spans both sides of the law. Slaughter’s latest work is an electrifying thriller and a profound exploration of human nature, examining the impact of unseen evils on good people.
A body is discovered in an empty Atlanta warehouse. It's the body of an ex-cop, and from the moment Special Agent Will Trent walks in he knows this could be the most devastating case of his career. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim - a woman - has left the scene and vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city's biggest, most politically-connected, most high-profile athlete - a local hero protected by the world's most expensive lawyers. A local hero Will has spent the last six months investigating on a brutal rape charge. But for Will - and also for Dr Sara Linton, the GBI's newest medical examiner - the case is about to get even worse. Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a personal link to Will's troubled past. The consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues. But Sara's scene-of-the-crime diagnosis is that they only have a few hours to find the missing woman before she bleeds out.
New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you won’t see coming A mysterious kidnapping On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. Vanished into thin air, the authorities are desperate to save the doctor. A devastating explosion One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhood’s has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC. A diabolical enemy Medical examiner Sara Linton and her partner Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, rush to the scene—and into the heart of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy thousands of innocent lives. When the assailants abduct Sara, Will goes undercover to save her and prevent a massacre—putting his own life on the line for the woman and the country he loves.
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.
After that night, nothing was ever the same againFifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her.Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear that Dani Cooper's assault is uncannily linked to Sara's. And it seems the past isn't going to stay buried forever.
The incredible new thriller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author!
Get ready for a turbo-charged short read (80 pages) from two of the world's biggest thriller writers - Karin Slaughter and Lee Child.
