With thanks to Netgalley, the publishers and Pigeonhole for the ARC, the storyline was excellent and well written.
The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter was a totally engrossing book with a phenomenal storyline. Will and Sara were tremendous in this storyline, each character playing their own part that was integral to the story. This was a masterclass in storytelling created by a mistress of her craft.
Highly recommended

# The Last Widow # Netgalley
Yessss this is what I call a bloody fantastic read. It’s fast paced that takes you on a rollercoaster of a ride. Another brilliant storyline, but then again it’s to be expected being a Karen Slaughter novel. This lady can write a novel with such a good storyline that I am on the edge of my seat, almost biting my nails to see what the next twist is going to be, and you ding see them coming. All I can say is I am definitely glad I don’t bite my nails if I did identify wouldn’t have any left at all. This is definitely a book to read, even if it’s the only book you read this year. Its got to be this one.

No one does heart-in-mouth, fast paced thrillers quite like Karin Slaughter, and this return to the world of Sara Linton and Will Trent is no exception. Her social conscience - especially noticeable in her last two standalone novels - is again to the fore in The Last Widow, and the final showdown is brilliantly, terrifyingly tense. Highly recommended.

Will and Sarah are back - Will is still insular and lacking self-belief and Sarah is still needy and treated like a child by her mother!
This book takes off from the Prologue and covers a three day period of twists and turns, death and intrigue. The subject is very current and the beliefs of the IPA abhorrent and uncomfortable to read about. Karin Slaughter has yet again written a book that it is hard to put down.
Many thanks to Netgalley/Karin Slaughter/Harper Collins for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

I would like to thank Netgalley and HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for an advance copy of The Last Widow, the ninth novel to feature Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and his girlfriend, medical examiner Dr Sarah Linton.

When Michelle Spivey is kidnapped the police follow their usual protocols but find no trace of her. A month later a series of criminal events leads to Sarah Linton being kidnapped and clues to what happened to Michelle. Will engages in a heart stopping hunt for Sarah.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Last Widow which is a pulse pounding, addictive read that had me turning the pages rapidly to see what was coming next. The novel is told from various points of view and is initially a bit confusing as the timeline slips back to the same events told from a different perspective so the reader gets a feeling of déjà vu when the same dialogue is repeated. It is, however, surprisingly successful, giving the reader a more rounded view of events. I think the novel is well paced as it switches mostly between Will and Sarah. They have different experiences which again rounds out the reader’s knowledge but both have the same sense of fear and lack of knowledge. It makes for a tense read.

The plot is very American in its ideas and motivations so, as a British reader you tend to think it’s fairly unbelievable albeit engrossing until you look at the political situation and suddenly it doesn’t seem quite so far fetched. It might still push the boundaries in the detail but the mindset is all too believable.

The Last Widow is a good read which I have no hesitation in recommending.

This is the kind of book that will increase your heart beat and if the world was ending, you might notice it, but you will keep reading because you will want to know how the book ends! Having said that, this book might not appeal to faint-hearted as it gets dark and gory in places.

The Last Widow is #9 in Will Trent series but my first one and it felt absolutely fine to read it as a standalone.

The Last Widow is action-packed and it made me feel as if I was seeing the scenes rather than just reading them. I won't go into the plot details but will just say that the plot is clever and gripping, the characters are well developed on both fronts - good guys are likeable and the bad guys are so twisted and sick that you just want them dead asap.

My first Karin Slaughter book and I am hooked! 😍

Many thanks to HarperCollins UK for an e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I'm a big fan of Karin Slaughter's work and this one was no disappointment! I haven't read this series (apart from Criminal which was the first Slaughter book I ever read) but I still understood everything and I feel this definitely can be read as a standalone, although I think it's probably slightly more enjoyable for avid readers of the series.

This book begins with the same couple of scenes shown multiple times through different POV's which I found a bit strange and didn't enjoy, however, it is only the beginning in which this obviously happens so that's the only time it was a problem but it made the story slow to start for me. After this I became much more involved in the plot and couldn't get enough of it. This is different to other Slaughter books but like always it is a very well-written and executed novel.

Karin Slaughter is one of those crime writers that always manages to amaze me. I loved returning to the characters of Sara and Will (though if you haven’t read any other Karin Slaughter books, I think they can all be read as standalone stories) and I thought this storyline was fascinating and heartbreaking. The Last Widow takes the reader to the Appalachian Mountains, through an undercover operation, and to a radical group who have a terrible plan. My only criticism is that the story is told from several different perspectives, which is fine, but especially at the beginning, the same few minutes are told over and over – I understand why its done like this, and it does paint a much fuller picture, but it did get a little repetitive at first. As with all the other Karin Slaughter books I’ve read, The Last Widow isn’t a particularly easy read, it’s very graphic at times, and there are some quite upsetting moments, but it is an excellent book, and perfect for anyone who loves crime thrillers.

This author has done it again and another page turner in the Sarah Linton / Will Trent series.
This read has it all white supremacists,domestic terrorism, racism and paedophilia. This read had me hooked from the first to the last page. I read this book in one sitting and found it very hard to put down.
Be warned in places this read is disturbing and horrific. I finally turned the last page at 3am a very tired and very happy reader. An easy five stars and so Highly Recommended.
I would like to thank the author, HarperCollins UK and Netgalley for the ARC in return for giving an honest review.

It seems I started with a book by Karin Slaughter and am ending this month with another title by this author. I envy her ability to write so many books and keep her characters in the Will Trent series alive. I am very familiar with all the people in this book, though I think this can be risky for any first-time readers. It absolutely not necessary, in my opinion, to read any of Slaughter’s books in order. I first got into this series by picking up a random title and reading. The characters and their usually troubled pasts are revealed throughout the book, which is also an excellent refresher, even for those who know Faith, Will, and Sara.
But I digress. It takes a few chapters for the story to pick up its pace and for the puzzle pieces to fall into place. I got a little bit frustrated with the constant descriptions of the same scene from different characters, though in hindsight I realise why this was important. In The Last Widow, Sara (a paediatrician) is kidnapped by a group of armed men who have recently already abducted a researcher for the CDC. This book features many thematic elements that are important and relevant in today’s society – such as far-right extremists, vaccines, white supremacists, and the ugly underbelly of society in the West. I don’t want to reveal any more, for fear of spoiling what is a terrifically exciting read. However, I do think that the ending of this book let the story down somewhat, being rather more predictable and dissolving any mystery that Slaughter had so carefully put in place. A solid end to May.

I’ve followed Karin’s books for many years and this one is a further classic. Well done Karin such a dark and suspenseful tale which kept me diverted throughout. I think the pace could have been quicker hence the drop of a star but overall quality of the read was brilliant!

When a new book comes along from a favourite author I get excited but equally a little worried, what if the new book doesn’t live up to the others? What if I don’t enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the rest. Well I needn’t have worried, Karin Slaughter has created another cracker.

A terrorist groupie abduct a woman from a supermarket car park, Will Trents girlfriend also becomes a victim of this terrorist group, Can these women be saved and the terrorists caught before an inevitable disaster occurs.

Fast paced, exciting and hard to put down. Well earned 5 stars

4-4.5*

Another cracking read from Karin Slaughter The Last Widow opens as Michelle is abducted. She works for CDC and the GBI are trying to find her. Then there’s an explosion and as Sara Linton and Will Trent are on their way to help Sara is taken. Will is injured but desperate to know what has happened to Sara and get her back. The hospital car park explosion has the FBI involved. There seems to be connections between the abduction of Michelle and the hospital bombing. Has Sara also been taken by the same people? Why have these women been taken?

The first books I read by Karin Slaughter were the Grant County Series in which Sara was the main character they are terrific books and well worth reading. Karin Slaughter addresses difficult issues and draws wonderful characters in these books which are gritty, gripping and very well written. When this series finished the Will Trent series started and I did read a couple but missed Sara and the Grant County books. So it’s great to have her back in these books. I think it has made them much more enjoyable and between Sara and Faith, Will’s work partner, has brought more balance to the books and allowed Will’s character and personality to shine and be better understood. They are a terrific combination.

In this book Karin Slaughter weaves a rather frightening tale of what happens when a white supremacist acts out his ‘beliefs’ with his followers. There are some really horrible characters and, as ever, Karin Slaughter pulls no punches and produces a gritty tale of what these people can be capable of and what life can be like living in their midst. Still this is also about finding out what happened to Michelle and Sara, why were they taken and can they be found before it’s too late? What is being planned? Can Will, Faith and Angela work everything out in time?

This is a gripping, well-paced, well plotted and heart rending novel which you won’t be able to put down until the final act is played out.

Don’t just read this, although do read this, read any and all of Karin Slaughters books you will not be disappointed.

With thanks to Harper Collins for inviting me to read and providing an eCopy of The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter via NetGalley. All thoughts are my own, I have not received payment for this review.

I really enjoyed this dark thriller it kept you going throughout the book. It has been a few years since I read anything by Karin Slaughter but so glad I picked this one up. I now want to go back and read all the ones I missed.
How far would you go for the one you loved? Hell and back doesn't seem to come close to what Will and Sara have to go through.

I am a Karin Slaughter fan and have read all of her previous novels. This is the 9th novel with Dr Sara Linton and investigator Will Trent and it lives up to all of the previous. The prologue section gripped you and then chapter one introduces you again to Dr Sara Linton, you realise straight away your in safe hands.
A woman called Michelle has been taken and a month later there is no sign. Why has she been taken and is there any hope she is still alive?
Sara and Will are trying to further their relationship and get her mother to accept him. Suddenly Sara is taken and Will has to go undercover to get her back.
The topics of the novel are very current and you can see in today’s world how people may seem fit to withdraw and create their own society but with every society there is negatives.
Sara finds herself facing her worst nightmare.
You could read this as a stand-alone but you will enjoy their story more if you know the past of Sara and Will.
Fantastic read!

This is a book that really had me turned.
Sometimes I hated it and other times I fell in love.
The characters I've met before and this new story had made me love them more a bit like family.

Will Trent and Sarah Linton are at her family home when there is a explosion and both try to find out where it came from.
The next moment a few men come out of the driveway to Saras family home and shots are fired and Sara is kidnapped and Will has been left injured.
What happens next is a shocking.
A neo nanzi exstreem to get rid of anyone that isn't white.

Yet another fantastic book in the Will Trent series.
This book starts off with a bang and doesn’t let go until the end.
Will and Sara are visiting her mum when they feel a rumble and then a massive explosion nearby. They go out to see what’s happened and see some vehicles that have crashed in the aftermath of the explosion.
Sara, being a Doctor, goes over to help but soon realises things are not what they seem.
Will is helpless as Sara is taken from him and even her mum, armed with a shotgun, can do nothing.
Will, Faith and Amanda have to work our where Sara has been taken and by whom and it’s a race against time to get her back.
This is a fast paced, addictive crime thriller that had me on the edge of my seat and I loved it.
A truly fantastic book.
Thanks to Harper Collins UK and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I have not read the other books in the Will Trent series but this works as a stand alone novel. I found the story slow in the beginning but it picks up pace. The story went in an unexpected direction from the description but I enjoyed it more as I read, The descriptive details meant that I didn’t just read it, I lived it. The plot is very current which made it more chilling and credible. Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins UK and Karen Slaughter for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is the 9th book in the Will Trent series by author Karin Slaughter but could easily be read as a stand alone.
Michelle Spivey a scientist from the Centre for Disease Control is kidnapped by unknown assailants and authorities are desperate to find her. One month later, a bomb goes off in the Atlanta neighbourhood that houses Emory University, two hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC. Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and his girlfriend Sara, a medical examiner rush to the scene. Only to run straight into a dangerous conspiracy. Stakes are raised when Sara is kidnapped and Will goes undercover to save her and prevent the deaths of thousands of people.
This is a fast paced thriller that is not for the feint hearted.
I would like to thank both Net Galley and Harper Collins for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

A chilling account of what a group of people can do to others when they are alienated from society and have a leader like Dash training them for evil deeds. Sickening, gruesome, brutal and just downright scary this book is not for the faint-hearted. Bombings, abduction, killing, raping and biological warfare are the basis for Special Agent Will Trent and doctor Sara's intrepid battle for survival.
It is a compelling storyline as always from Karin Slaughter, with plenty of danger and action but perhaps not a book you could say was 'enjoyable' as it is so sinister and violent. There is quite a bit of technical detail which adds authenticity and I am not criticising the amount of research that obviously goes into these type of police investigation novels, but I found those parts a bit tedious.
I read on wanting justice to be done, good to win over evil and for Will and Sara to live happily ever after because that's the type of person I am. Which is why I also prefer books with more of a human angle and not so much guns, death and risk-taking.