I borrowed this audiobook from the library.
Publisher: Harper Audio
Published: June 23, 2020 (Originally published 2010)
Summary:
Broken features the return of New York Times best-selling author Karin Slaughter’s most compelling characters and introduces memorable new ones in a tale of corruption, murder, and confrontation that will leave more than one life destroyed….
When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, he finds a police department determined to protect its own and far too many unanswered questions about a prisoner’s death. He doesn’t understand why Officer Lena Adams is hiding secrets from him. He doesn’t understand her role in the death of Grant County’s popular police chief. He doesn’t understand why that man’s widow, Dr. Sara Linton, needs him now more than ever to help her crack this case
While the police force investigates the murder of a young woman pulled from a frigid lake, Trent investigates the police force, putting pressure on Adams just when she’s already about to crack. Caught between two complicated and determined women, trying to understand Linton’s passionate distrust of Adams, the facts surrounding Chief Tolliver’s death, and the complexities of this insular town, Trent will unleash a case filled with explosive secrets – and encounter a thin blue line that could be murderous if crossed.
Spellbinding and keenly paced, Broken is Karin Slaughter at her best. Here is an unforgettable story of raw emotions, dangerous assumptions, the deadly and layered game of betrayal, and a man’s determination to expose the most painful of human truths – no matter how deeply they’re hidden…or how devastating.
My thoughts:
This is the fourth book in Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series and we find both him and Sara Linton back in Grant County. I am so glad I decided to read the Grant County series before reading the Will Trent series…it really ties in to what is going on in this particular book and all I have to say is that Karin Slaughter is a freaking genius in how she plotted these books!
It’s so hard to talk about specifics without getting into spoiler territory, but I will say that I was surprised at some of the revelations that take place within this book. The connections between the characters aren’t always obvious, but when they are revealed it’s like a sucker-punch to the gut! This book in particular is finally diving into Sara’s past, which if you’ve read the Grant County books, you know how that ended and you know who was involved. It’s contentious and it’s heart-breaking to read as Sara has such anger from that time…but it’s also cathartic when it finally all releases.
Even though this book wasn’t as dark and gritty as some of the previous books, I still loved it just the same for the character development we got. I have come to really develop a soft spot for Will Trent – his quirkiness is definitely growing on me!
I cannot wait to continue on with this series…there were some developments that happened and I need to see how they play out!
Audio thoughts:
So happy that Kathleen Early was back as the narrator for this installment. She is able to bring consistency to the characters when she does this series, and she narrated most of the Grant County series and I loved her narration for that. She just seems to get the nuances of Karin Slaughter’s characters and her writing. I hope she continues to narrate this series…I love when there is continuity with narrators, especially ones I like!
Books in this series:
5.5 Snatched
- Criminal
6.5 Busted
- Unseen
- The Kept Woman
8.5 Cleaning the Gold
- The Last Widow
- The Silent Wife
- After That Night – due out Aug 2024
