Karin Slaughter | THE KEPT WOMAN

Plot (via Goodreads):

With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site, Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop.

Studying the body, Sara Linton—the GBI’s newest medical examiner and Will’s lover—realizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victim—a woman—who has vanished . . . and who will die soon if she isn’t found.

Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the city’s most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the world’s most expensive lawyers—a man who’s already gotten away with rape, despite Will’s exhaustive efforts to put him away.

But the worst is yet to come. Evidence soon links Will’s troubled past to the case . . . and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friends—and even the suspects he pursues.

Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller -- a searing, unforgettable novel of love, loss, and redemption. 

Review:

THE KEPT WOMAN is probably my second or third favorite in the series. Angie Polaski is the most interesting and unapologetic villains in the most distinctive way. For seven books now, this woman has terrorized Will and is readers and now, we are finally getting all of the answers to our questions about Angie’s past. With the really haunting and effective epilogue and the case that presents itself after, I was immediately hooked. Obviously, since I read this series in a matter of months and this one has been out for a few years, I knew I was going to get more detail about Angie’s past and Slaughter left no stone unturned nor any detail left off the pages. This read is full of twists, turns, trigger warnings, and some serious character development. The contrast between Will and Angie and Will and Sara was at an all-time perfection and oozed with realism. I loved that Angie is the central character in this one and felt that this book was her time to shine and this story did for Angie Polaski what CRIMINAL did for Will Trent.

Rating: 5/5