When Andy and her mother, Laura, go to the mall to celebrate her birthday, things turn violent when a teenage boy starts shooting people in the diner. While urging her daughter to flee, Laura draws the killer's attention and Andy watches in horror as the killer then tries to stab her mother. However, Laura turns the tables on him and before long it is the boy who is lying dead at her feet. A stunned Andy is barely able to comprehend how her mother, a cancer-survivor, could pull off such a ... Read the Post

When the mutilated body of a woman is discovered, the murder bears remarkable similarities to a forty year old case involving Amanda Wagner and Evelyn Mitchell who were both at the start of their careers. As Will investigates, the case takes a surprising twist when it leads back to a children's home where Will and Angie stayed for awhile. Will is even more intrigued when Amanda has an accident in the basement of the derelict home and orders Will to stay out of it, however he believes Amanda ... Read the Post

When Faith Mitchell arrives at her mother's house to pick up her infant daughter, she is shocked to discover blood stains on the doorknob and her daughter hidden in the shed. Against police advice, Faith enters the house to discover two men in her mother's bedroom, one holding a gun against the other's head, and when the situation turns deadly Faith is forced to open fire. Traumatised by the incident and fearing her mother has been kidnapped, Faith desperately tries to hold it together for ... Read the Post

When the body of a woman is found in the lake in Heartsdale, Sara Linton finds herself embroiled in the investigation when the suspect turns out to have been one of her patients. When the suspect manages to take his own life before Sara can speak to him, she grows suspicious of Detective Lena Adams' involvement and calls in the GBI. Special Agent Will Trent soon arrives in Grant County courtesy of Amanda Wagner but he isn't exactly made to feel welcome when the local police department, once ... Read the Post

While Genesis is billed as the third book in the Will Trent series, this is where the Atlanta series would become a more appropriate title as Will is about to meet Sara Linton, the main protagonist of the Grant County series. It has been more than three years since Sara lost her husband and she has moved backed to Atlanta where she first studied medicine and is working at Grady. As the story unfolds we learn how Sara has dealt with her grief by immersing herself in her work and she reflects ... Read the Post

Although Fractured is technically the second book in the Will Trent series, I prefer to see it as the first one as it sets up the premise nicely for the following books. Will Trent, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), was first introduced in Triptych, and I immediately fell in love with him so I was pleased when he turned out to be the main character in a new series. Although Will is excellent at his job, he has barriers to overcome in the shape of his tortured ... Read the Post