Cette série suit le détective Will Trent et sa partenaire, le docteur Sara Linton, alors qu'ils travaillent à résoudre des crimes complexes en Géorgie. Les histoires se concentrent sur leur vie personnelle et les traumatismes qui affectent leur travail. La série explore des thèmes de justice, de victimisation et de psyché humaine. Chaque affaire est unique et révèle les côtés sombres de la nature humaine.
When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious Grady Homes, he finds himself faced with one of the most brutal killings of his career: Aleesha Monroe is found in the stairwell in a pool of her own blood, her body horribly mutilated.
Avec ses belles maisons et ses rues bordées d'arbres, Ansley Park est l'un des quartiers les plus prisés d'Atlanta. Mais dans l'une de ces demeures parfaites, dans une chambre somptueuse d'adolescente, une jeune fille a été sauvagement assassinée. Sa mère gît au pied de l'escalier, après avoir tué à mains nues l'agresseur de sa fille. L'inspecteur Will Trent du Georgia Bureau of Investigation, dépêché sur les lieux, s'aperçoit vite que la police locale a commis une grave erreur, ennégligeant certains indices : quelque chose dans la traînée de sang, dans une preuve médico-légale, dans les yeux de la mère traumatisée. En quelques minutes, Trent prend le contrôle de l'affaire... et en découvre une seconde. Pour lui, cela ne fait aucun doute : une autre adolescente a disparu et le tueur court toujours.
As Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and Will Trent try to connect two murders to a hit-and-run victim, Atlanta physician Sara Linton becomes more involved in the investigation--an investigation which soon culminates in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer.
Le corps d'Allison Spooner, 21 ans, est decouvert dans le lac de Grant, en Georgie du Sud. Quelques heures plus tard, Tommy Braham, un attarde mental soupconne de l'avoir assassinee, est arrete et incarcere. Il passe aux aveux avant de se suicider dans sa cellule. Sur les murs, son ultime message, comme un appel au secours: Pas moi . Tommy a ete un des nombreux patients de Sara Linton, pediatre et ancien medecin legiste du comte. Rongee par la culpabilite, Sara se lance dans une enquete desesperee avec l'aide de Will Trent, agent federal du Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Ensemble, ils vont etre confrontes a des policiers corrompus et impitoyables... ainsi qu'a un redoutable tueur. Roman psychologique mene avec la precision d'un scalpel. Le Figaro. Tout est atrocement reel. Le Monde magazine.
Georgia Bureau of Investigations Detective Faith Mitchell, her partner Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton join forces to find Faith's mother, missing after a deadly hostage situation that leaves Faith a murder suspect -- and the scapegoat for police corruption, bribery, and murder
The past will always find you. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in. And a past that could hold the clue to the killings ...
The seventh Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. Special Agent Will Trent has something to hide. Something he doesn't want Dr Sara Linton - the woman he loves - to find out. He's gone undercover in Macon, Georgia and put his life at risk. And he knows Sara will never forgive him if she discovers the truth. But when a young patrolman is shot and left for dead Sara is forced to confront the past and a woman she hoped never to see again. And without even knowing it, she becomes involved in the same case Will is working on. Soon both of their lives are in danger.
A body is discovered in an empty Atlanta warehouse. It's the body of an ex-cop, and from the moment Special Agent Will Trent walks in he knows this could be the most devastating case of his career. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim - a woman - has left the scene and vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city's biggest, most politically-connected, most high-profile athlete - a local hero protected by the world's most expensive lawyers. A local hero Will has spent the last six months investigating on a brutal rape charge. But for Will - and also for Dr Sara Linton, the GBI's newest medical examiner - the case is about to get even worse. Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a personal link to Will's troubled past. The consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues. But Sara's scene-of-the-crime diagnosis is that they only have a few hours to find the missing woman before she bleeds out.
New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you won’t see coming A mysterious kidnapping On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. Vanished into thin air, the authorities are desperate to save the doctor. A devastating explosion One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhood’s has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC. A diabolical enemy Medical examiner Sara Linton and her partner Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, rush to the scene—and into the heart of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy thousands of innocent lives. When the assailants abduct Sara, Will goes undercover to save her and prevent a massacre—putting his own life on the line for the woman and the country he loves.
He watches. A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she's wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. He waits. A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical. He takes. Although the original trail has gone cold - memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared - agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife.
After that night, nothing was ever the same againFifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her.Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear that Dani Cooper's assault is uncannily linked to Sara's. And it seems the past isn't going to stay buried forever.
One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer? Welcome to the luxury McAlpine Lodge... Nestled in the misty mountains, it's the perfect getaway. Until a woman's body is found. Everyone is a suspect. The cruel father. The toxic mother. The bitter family. The silent staff. The suspicious guests. Each of them is guilty of something. But only one is a killer. You'll never guess who... The incredible new thriller - an instant Sunday Times bestseller! 'Everything a thriller should be: dark, multilayered, suspenseful'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Kept me guessing to the end'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'So twisted my head was spinning'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of those books you really don't want to put down!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The final reveal delivers an absolute jaw drop moment that punched me straight in the chest'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Definitely keeps you on your toes'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Jaw dropping thriller you don't want to end'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The plot twisted & turned and reached a very unexpected conclusion'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I loved every minute of this'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I stayed up half the night to finish this one'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The entire book is just sheer perfection!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is Why We Lied was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 17/6/24
Get ready for a turbo-charged short read (80 pages) from two of the world's biggest thriller writers - Karin Slaughter and Lee Child.
