Karin’s ability to create meaningful and complex characters is unmatched. I love Faith and all her layers. Trent is king

I loved this book!

I love the characters in the series and the concept behind this story. I do find; however, that the writing includes too much expository text and lines like 'he knew that....'. Often it seems like this writing style assumes the reader won't make the jump and needs clarification. While I typically don't need it, if necessary, there are cleaner more thoughtful ways to include those bits of information. In spite of all this, I keep reading, passing over paragraphs or sometimes pages of extraneous or laborious text describing one of the characters feelings about something or overworked prose about surroundings. The characters seem to make it worth it. On to the next in the series.

I have to mimic one of Slaughter’s reviewers: I’d follow her anywhere. I love her stories, and this book is another example of the style, tension, tenderness that I love about them :)

Don’t waste your money.

I really like the Will Trent series.

Good story

Very good characters and great twists. This is a must read.

From a review in Costco magazine, I learned the author Karin Slaughter grew up in the suburban area where I went to High School. So that was my hook and I am glad for it. I thoroughly enjoyed the engaging full character development and the many back details supporting the plot line. However the wrap up solution to the plot left me rather flat and unbelieving. Guess that is a bad UN.

Overall well plotted with enough suspense to hold my interest. As with all the Trent series, it is not believable that someone as severely dyslexic as Trent would have been hired as a detective. Barely able to read or follow simple directions such as "Go left" or "Go right," Trent cannot perform his duties independently. No matter how intelligent he is, he would be a liability to his partner and to himself. Perhaps there would be a role in law enforcement for someone like Trent, just not as a detective. In this book we learn that Trent's partner, Faith Mitchell is not only pregnant, but also suffers from Type 2 diabetes. I have to question whether a person with her chronic disease would be certified for active duty such as detective. It seemed a needless complication that Slaughter chose to introduce this into the plot. Also, Slaughter spends too much time on the personal problems of two of her lead characters. This is a mystery/detective novel, not a romance. That said, the twists and turns of the story line kept me reading and I look forward to Slaughter's next book.