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The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

June 13, 2020 by Zirza 3 Comments

Allow me to give you a brief summary of the plot of THE SILENT WIFE: it’s pretty much rapey rapey stabby stabby, blood, guts, gore galore. It’s that kind of book. If you can get past that (and if you can’t, I won’t hold it against you) there’s decent writing and rounded characters, a bit of character assassination, a couple of plot holes and a whole lotta cops being unprofessional.  In The Silent Wife, Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Will Trent and Faith Mitchell and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: disturbing violence, Grant County Series, Karin Slaughter, Rape, Sara Linton, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent #10

Zirza's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: disturbing violence, Grant County Series, Karin Slaughter, Rape, Sara Linton, Trigger Warning, Will Trent, Will Trent #10 ·
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Deeply disturbing and graphically violent

July 26, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

As per the blurb:  Karin Slaughter returns with a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and unexpected absolution, in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies, twenty years apart, that devastate their lives. This was a deeply disturbing book – well written, with great attention to plot and detail, but overall disturbing.  I would warn anyone thinking of reading this that it contains highly graphic violence to women, with scenes of torture and rape […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: abduction, cbr9, disturbing violence, Karin Slaughter, murder mystery, serial killers

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:61 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: abduction, cbr9, disturbing violence, Karin Slaughter, murder mystery, serial killers ·
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