It feels like they are long just for the sake of being long with 'twists and turns' thrown in for content rather than because it adds to the story.

Her last 2 books (Pieces of Her and even The Kept Woman) and now this book are just far reaching. Karin used to have a great way with words, laying down the foundation of the story for the reader, weaving her little web around you so that you are totally ensconced in the story. But honestly, since Sara and Will became an item it's ruined the series for me. The first 3 Will Trent Series books became my all time favourites and I listen to them all at least once a year. It is a book that stayed in my thoughts for a long time after I first listened to it. When I first listened to Triptych (my first Karin Slaughter book), I was absolutely blown away by the story and narrator (Michael Kramer). I used to be a die hard Karin Slaughter fan, but her last 2 books have really failed to hit the mark with me. 'Enthralling, fast-paced, tense and compulsive.' (It's All About the Books) 'Prepare for a rollercoaster ride, Slaughter is back with a vengeance.' ( Woman magazine, UK) 'With a plot as timely as it is riveting.this is one of her best.' (Booklist) And the fallout will lead them into the Appalachian mountains, to the terrible truth about really happened to Michelle, and to a remote compound where a radical group has murder in mind. Within hours the situation has spiralled out of control. But on this one terrible day that instinct betrays them. Sara and Will are trained to run towards an emergency, not away from it. But the serenity of the summer's day is broken by the wail of sirens. 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. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but it's as if she disappeared into thin air. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. New York Times best-selling 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.

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter