I borrowed this audiobook from the library.
Publisher: Harper Audio
Published: July 7, 2020 (first published 2013)
Summary:
Detectives, lovers, and enemies are pitted against one another in an unforgettable standoff between righteous courage and deepest evil from New York Times best-selling author Karin Slaughter.
Will Trent is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent whose latest case has him posing as Bill Black, a scary ex-con who rides a motorcycle around Macon, Georgia, and trails an air of violence wherever he goes. The cover has worked, and he has caught the eye of a wiry little drug dealer who thinks he might be a useful ally. But undercover and cut off from the support of the woman he loves, Sara Linton, Will finds his demons catching up with him.
Although she has no idea where Will has gone, or why, Sara herself has come to Macon because of a cop shooting; her stepson, Jared, has been gunned down in his own home. Sara holds Lena, Jared’s wife, responsible. Lena, a detective, has been a magnet for trouble all her life, and Jared’s shooting is not the first time someone Sara loved got caught in the crossfire. Furious, Sara finds herself involved in the same case that Will is working without even knowing it, and soon danger is swirling around both of them.
In a novel of fierce intensity, shifting allegiances, and shocking twists, two investigations collide with a conspiracy straddling both sides of the law. Unseen is both an electrifying thriller and a piercing study of human nature: what happens when good people face the unseen evils in their lives.
My thoughts:
This is the 7th book in the Will Trent series, but it brings in some of the story line from the Grant County series and I am so glad I read that series before I started this one. The way Karin Slaughter is able to weave the two together is pure brilliance. Even though it’s been a while since we’ve seen Lena Adams and a lot has happened to Sara, as soon as the two are together again, all those emotions just come rushing back. It’s amazing how that happens and that’s really due to the way Karin writes and I love it!
This book is heavy. It’s dark and gritty, like all the previous ones, but it’s also filled with heavy emotions that make it stand out a little more. And, Sara and Will face their biggest challenge to date in their relationship. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I love this series more and more with each new installment.
Audio thoughts:
I am so glad that Kathleen Early continues to narrate this series. She really does such an amazing job, always bringing just the right amount of emotion and suspense to her voice without going overboard.
Books in this series:
5.5 Snatched
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
