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Fallen
Scritto da Karin Slaughter
Narrato da Kathleen Early
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There's no police training stronger than a cop's instinct. Faith Mitchell's mother isn't answering her phone. Her front door is open. There's a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother's house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn't see is her mother. . . .
"You know what we're here for. Hand it over, and we'll let her go."
When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions, not enough answers. To find her mother, she'll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and they'll both need the help of trauma doctor Sara Linton. But Faith isn't just a cop anymore—she's a witness. She's also a suspect.
The thin blue line hides police corruption, bribery, even murder. Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to find her mother and bring the truth to light—or bury it forever.
Karin Slaughter's most exhilarating novel yet is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives. It is the work of a master of the thriller at the top of her game, and a whirlwind of unrelenting suspense.
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Fallen
Scritto da Karin Slaughter
Narrato da Kathleen Early
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There's no police training stronger than a cop's instinct. Faith Mitchell's mother isn't answering her phone. Her front door is open. There's a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother's house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn't see is her mother. . . .
"You know what we're here for. Hand it over, and we'll let her go."
When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions, not enough answers. To find her mother, she'll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and they'll both need the help of trauma doctor Sara Linton. But Faith isn't just a cop anymore—she's a witness. She's also a suspect.
The thin blue line hides police corruption, bribery, even murder. Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to find her mother and bring the truth to light—or bury it forever.
Karin Slaughter's most exhilarating novel yet is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives. It is the work of a master of the thriller at the top of her game, and a whirlwind of unrelenting suspense.
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When Robbie Brownlaw was thrown out of a building and falls on his head he develops Synesthesia. He sees what people say to him as colours and it helps him in his job as a detective. Garrett Asphlundth was hired to look into rumours about a certain reputed madam and local prominent politicians. He's killed in a way that looks like suicide but the clues don't add up. In order to find out what's wrong Brownlaw has to solve Asplundth's investigation.I found it a very interesting read. I enjoyed the story and the personal stories.
Enjoyed the unusual talent of the detective..a bit slow in parts but a good satisfying read
Another excellent offering by T.J. Parker, tightly written, appealing characters, engaging plot.
I love this series and the characters. The spins and twists to the plots and how each development changes the characters as well as the reiteration of human frailty and how we all are a product of our environment. Great book!
Latest in the Will Trent series focusing on his partner Faith. Subtext continues his relationship with Dr. Sara Linton. Involves kidnapping, and long kept family secrets.
I started and finished this latest offering in Slaughter's Georgia series within 36 hours, all the while telling myself that I really should slow down a bit as there won't be another book in the series for quite some time. (I'm hoping there will be more, as I've grown quite attached to Will, Sara and Faith, and even to Amanda!). Slaughter is one of those crime novelists (Elizabeth George is another) whose writing, in my view, has improved with time. Sure, it's not great literature, but it doesn't set out to be. However, Slaughter creates sympathetic and believable characters, a good sense of place and plots that hang together well with just the right amount of suspense and not too many totally implausible twists. She is definitely one of my favourite modern crime writers. This novel will appeal much more to readers who have already come to know its central characters than to those wanting a jumping off point for exploring a new author.
Postscript: I'm adding to this review two days after originally writing it, because I find myself still thinking about the characters from time to time. I find lots of modern crime fiction disposable: something to read once and (hopefully) enjoy. I don't tend to re-read modern crime fiction novels because (a) something new always comes along and (b)the writing is very often not good enough to bother, even if the story was compelling at the time. To realise that Karin Slaughter's characters have stayed with me after I've finished reading the novel indicates to me that she really is a good writer, not just a good story-teller. At some point, this will definitely be worth a re-read.
Postscript: I'm adding to this review two days after originally writing it, because I find myself still thinking about the characters from time to time. I find lots of modern crime fiction disposable: something to read once and (hopefully) enjoy. I don't tend to re-read modern crime fiction novels because (a) something new always comes along and (b)the writing is very often not good enough to bother, even if the story was compelling at the time. To realise that Karin Slaughter's characters have stayed with me after I've finished reading the novel indicates to me that she really is a good writer, not just a good story-teller. At some point, this will definitely be worth a re-read.
Interesting detective. Another series for me to read
Really good, unpredictable plot. Great assortment of characters. There was maybe a tad too much explanation of terms in places, but it makes it more accessible to readers who don't read many books in this genre.
Not Karin Slaughter's best. She's one of my favorite authors and I have loved loved loved these characters from the beginning, but they were not themselves in this novel. They did stupid things that they never would have done in previous books, and generally got on my nerves because they were acting like people I didn't recognize even though this is the 11th book for Sarah Linton and 5th for Will Trent. However, Slaughter still told a suspenseful story and I'm ready for the next one. I will probably go back to the beginning and read the others over again.
really dumb. don't understand the rave reviews. she writes well and that does carry you along. her characters will pass inspection even though there's way too much info about them but the plot! the plot is ridiculous!somebody should shoot amanda.
Fallen. Karin Slaughter. 2011. I put off buying this book as long as I could, but when I found a reasonably priced copy on Betterworldbooks.com I couldn?t resist. Slaughter is one of the few writers who manage to maintain quality writing and plotting in a series. These books are so suspenseful and enjoyable. Faith Mitchell, a GBI agent and partner of Will Trent, goes to pick up her daughter at her mothers house and kills two home invaders and discovers her mother has been kidnapped. Sara Linton is drawn into the case by Trent as he struggles to find Faith?s mother. Their possible relationship continues to be a major part of the plot. Read the earlier titles in the series before you read this. It just makes the book more exciting.
Riveting crime thriller that has it all: suspense, suspicion, romance and revenge literally dominated by a strong female cast. Faith, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation detective stumbles on her mother?s kidnapping. Interesting part is her mother is a retired police captain and the GBI deputy director is her best friend, Amanda ?Mandy? Wagner.The library designates Fallen as the third in the Will Trent (?) series; something I didn?t know when I read the book. Here Will Trent definitely takes a back seat to his partner, above mentioned Faith, and his boss, above mentioned, Amanda Wagner whose tough as nails attitude stays on the right side of the reader?s sympathy. Some great conversations between her and Will peppered with Amanda?s sarcastic humour.Ms Slaughter realizes her characters in the details: Faith?s diabetes, Will?s pet chihuahua Betty, Amanda?s Crown Royal bag where she stores her gun. The mystery, why her mother was kidnapped, remains mysterious, satisfying to the last page.8 out of 10, 1 mark lost for Evelyn Mitchell?s unbelievable strength and endurance under torture.
One of the best in the series. Thankfully, Slaughter keeps the characters' self-loathing and -doubt to a minimum here, as the romance between Will Trent and Sara Linton ratchets up during a massive kidnapping and murder case.
Unbelievably this is the first Karin Slaughter novel I have read. I have read one of her short stories before, which made me pick up this novel, so it wasn't like I didn't know that Slaughter had the goods in crime thrillers.
I quite enjoyed the slightly different take that Karin has on the crime thriller. Front and centre are a mix of slightly dysfunctional characters that somehow manage to not only work with one another, but are actually interesting to read about. You know how crime novels often have that self-loathing, alcoholic, dark and depressing lead character? Well this novel doesn't have that - thank his noodliness.
You can see why Karin is a bestselling author, so the only question is which of her novels I'll read next.
I quite enjoyed the slightly different take that Karin has on the crime thriller. Front and centre are a mix of slightly dysfunctional characters that somehow manage to not only work with one another, but are actually interesting to read about. You know how crime novels often have that self-loathing, alcoholic, dark and depressing lead character? Well this novel doesn't have that - thank his noodliness.
You can see why Karin is a bestselling author, so the only question is which of her novels I'll read next.
Faith is a law enforcement agent. Her mother was watching her infant while she attended program for the department. She was late returning home and tried to call her mom, but no one answered the phone. When she got there, she saw bloody handprints on the door and her daughter, in her infant seat, was on the floor in a locked garage. She called for back-up, but she didn?t wait for them to arrive since she saw movement in the house and thought that Evelyn, her mom, might be in grave danger. Evelyn was a former law enforcement officer, as well, in the narcotics division. As the story begins to unfold, the reader learns that there is some kind of a drug scandal associated with her mom?s former job. There is still a suspicion hanging over Evelyn concerning hidden stolen drug money. She resigned under a cloud and several of the officers under her command went to jail for drug related crimes.The author?s characters all seemed to lack any ethical standards. They lied, were not loyal to their spouses, had children out of wedlock, made irresponsible decisions, and in general, did not seem to be playing with a full deck of cards. Either the author has little or no respect for the police department or she has low expectations for their conduct. The mostly female cast of characters was portrayed as practically brainless, moved mainly by emotion rather than common sense, and the only man who was front and center, was weak and damaged both intellectually and emotionally.I kept hoping something would happen to make me appreciate the author?s effort in some small way, but it simply never did. The dialogue got more and more hackneyed. The characters spoke in platitudes. I simply could not find a theme with any kind of a message. Yes, the bad guys were really bad, but the good guys were drawn as incapable fools unable to make the judgments necessary to live fruitful lives, let alone enforce the law properly. The lackluster characters made for an uninspiring novel.I was surprised that this well known author would construct such a weak plot when writing about so many important subjects. She could have explored the topic of drug wars and rehabilitation programs, unwed motherhood and the pitfalls of adoption, the value of fidelity, incidences of corruption in the police force contrasted with bravery on the part of many officers, and so much more, but instead, she chose to write a story about shallow, immature characters who made terrible decisions, who kept secrets, for one reason or another, perhaps to protect those around them and suffered the consequences without learning from the experience. She then immersed those characters into a sea of important subjects that never got explored or fully developed, that never imparted an inspiring message to the reader.I would not recommend the book unless you just want something totally mindless to listen to while you are otherwise occupied, as in driving a long distance or going for a long mindless walk. I listened to this book and found it hard to maintain my interest. I kept hoping it would get better, that a deeper more meaningful story would develop, but it never did. The one redeeming feature was the ending which was a surprise
Cop goes to her mothers house only to find her missing and a hostage situation in progress.
Fallen by Karin Slaughter is a thrilling suspense novel about murder, corruption, the search for truth, and the personal conflict encountered as alliances become dichotomous. Those are the experiences of Faith Mitchell, a Georgia Bureau of Investigations cop whose own family falls victim to a deadly hostage-taking. With a plot loaded in suspense and twists, suspense fans will delight in Slaughter?s exceptional prose, for which she is well known. As an avid Slaughter fan myself, I highly recommend Fallen to those looking for an exciting, fast-paced, and intricately woven drama with a heavy helping of thrills.Disclaimer: I received a copy of Fallen through the Amazon VINE Program, for review.
This is a great thriller about a retired captain in the narcotics department, Evelyn Mitchell, that was forced to retire because of hints corruption and of skimming money of the top on drug busts. Then one day her daughter Faith, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, was trying to get ahold of her mom since she was taking care of her daughter, Emma, but got no answner after repeated calls to her house and on her cell phone, Faith went to her mom's residence. When she arrives at her mom's house, she notices things aren't quit right, spots a blood stain on the entrance door. She immediately calls for backup informing them that a officier needs assistance, she tolded to wait for backup, but she enters before they arrive. She's involved in a shootout killing one of the intruders in the house the other excapes out the back door only too be killed after he takes a shot at the neighbors children, but their is no sign of Evelyn in the house, the arriving officiers find Faith's daughter safely wrapped in a blanket in the laundry room. What ever happened to Evelyn, the intruders were of mixed background, was her past coming back to haunt her?
Couldn't put it down. Sad when it ended! Would not have expected the ending! Love when you can't predict the end!
I haven?t read any of Karin Slaughter?s other books but, if ?Fallen? is any indication, they are likely to hit the ground running and move on quickly from there. In the opening scene, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Investigator Faith Mitchell arrives at her mom?s home to find mom missing, a dead body in the pantry, Faiths? baby daughter hidden in the tool shed and two gang-bangers mixing it up in the bedroom. Atlanta PD arrives on the scene three shots and two more dead bodies later to find an apparently intoxicated Faith pummeling the dead body of one of the gang members.The story develops from this unlikely beginning as Faith and her GBI partner Will Trent try to find out what happened to her mother and, more importantly, get her back if she is still alive. It is, for the most part, a plausible and engaging story, albeit fairly violent.Although ?Fallen? is part of a series, there is no dominant back story that makes it necessary to read the stories in order. I got a sense that there was some information that had previously been shared that in might be useful to know but it did not detract from my enjoyment of the story and it definitely didn?t reveal any spoilers from any of her other books. I hate that!Narrator Shannon Cochran does an excellent job of narrating ?Fallen? and keeping the reader engaged and enthralled in the tensest parts of the story.The review copy of this book was obtained from the publisher via the Amazon Vine Program.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Faith Mitchell is on her way to her mother's house to pick up her infant daughter. When she gets there she sees the door is open, blood on the frame, and loud heavy metal music is being played. She calls for backup and cautiously enters the blood splattered kitchen. The only person in the room is already dead, so she moves deeper into the house. In a bedroom she finds an Asian man holding a pistol to the head of a Latino. Within minutes, both men are dead. There is no evidence of her mother or her baby daughter.
She calls her boss, and her mother's close friend, Amanda Wagner, deputy director of the GBI who directs Faith's partner, Will Trent, to head up the investigation. He once investigated Evenly Mitchell, who had been captain of the APD's narcotics division until five years ago she was forced into retirement when five of her squad members were convicted of corruption and theft. Will Trent is a really intriguing character. He was raised by the state, never adopted, and has spent all of his career hiding his dyslexia. Amanda Wagner, a very dislikable character in much of this series, brings in an amazing group of woman to help, members of her ?old gals network?.
The mystery in Fallen is explosive. Threads that had been left hanging in previous books were tied up in Fallen, but there are few left for books in the future. Karin Slaughter writes a very thrilling story and I've recently been rereading the series in audio. I really enjoyed this one and can't wait to get to the next book of the Will Trent series, Criminal, which is one of my favorites.
She calls her boss, and her mother's close friend, Amanda Wagner, deputy director of the GBI who directs Faith's partner, Will Trent, to head up the investigation. He once investigated Evenly Mitchell, who had been captain of the APD's narcotics division until five years ago she was forced into retirement when five of her squad members were convicted of corruption and theft. Will Trent is a really intriguing character. He was raised by the state, never adopted, and has spent all of his career hiding his dyslexia. Amanda Wagner, a very dislikable character in much of this series, brings in an amazing group of woman to help, members of her ?old gals network?.
The mystery in Fallen is explosive. Threads that had been left hanging in previous books were tied up in Fallen, but there are few left for books in the future. Karin Slaughter writes a very thrilling story and I've recently been rereading the series in audio. I really enjoyed this one and can't wait to get to the next book of the Will Trent series, Criminal, which is one of my favorites.
Riveting, suspenseful, mysterious, action packed. I love her books! Its the 3rd of the WIll Trent series but if you haven't read them in order, don't worry about it. The story starts out with a bang as Faith learns her mother is missing along with her baby daughter and the action starts, the story never slows down. If you like a good action packed mystery thriller, highly recommend Karin Slaughter books!
I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this one. It was true Karin Slaughter in the fact that it was very suspenseful and kept you on the edge of your seat, but it seemed to have too many story lines going on at the same time. I miss focusing on the main characters more and hope that in her next novel she will go back to original pattern. Overall a great read if you're a fan of KS.
I'm a huge Karin Slaughter fan but was put off reading her books for a few years following the death (I won't go into details if you haven't read it yet) of Sara's husband Jeffery. So after letting a couple of books stack up I decided to jump back in and I'm not dissapointed that I did. Fallen is a good story just on it's own but if you read the previous "Will Trent" books in the series you will really enjoy this book even more. It explains alot of little story/plot lines and we get even more detail into Will's past with Angie. (Although I'm ready for Angie to be gone from the picture). Read Fallen you won't be dissapointed.
Fallen is the third in Karin Slaughter?s Georgia series. The story starts with Faith Mitchell returning to her mother, Evelyn?s, place after work to collect her 4 month-old daughter Emma. When she arrives, she finds a bloody handprint on the door and Emma locked in the shed. Evelyn?s gun is missing from the gun safe. Faith arms herself and enters a ransacked house. There?s a dead body on the laundry floor and lots of blood in the kitchen. Soon, two more men are dead, and Evelyn is missing. Does this have to do with the reason Will Trent was investigating Evelyn when she was head of the drug squad? Will, his boss, Amanda Wagner and Sara Linton are soon trying to piece together the evidence. In this novel, we get to learn a bit more about Faith?s past and her family; Angie Polaski/Trent proves beyond doubt that she is a nasty piece of work, a manipulative monster; Amanda shows that while she can be a bitch, she has a depth not previously apparent; and we can probably forgive Faith her occasional bad judgement in some measure due to her fluctuating blood sugar levels. Slaughter does not shy away from issues. Police corruption, drug gangs, and prisons all make an appearance. The story is well researched. The plot and dialogue are excellent. Just when you think you know where the story is going, there?s another surprise. This book has lots of strong women and a strong, but flawed, man. Slaughter uses Will to ease some of the tenser moments by putting him into situations that create humour e.g. locked in a car boot with a rifle. He becomes the source of quite a few laugh-out-loud moments, especially his exchanges with Amanda. This book is a page turner, filled with gripping, edge of the seat crime drama. The dilemma with a book like this is you can?t stop reading but you?re enjoying it so much, you don?t want it to end. I wonder, each time I pick up a new Karin Slaughter book, how she can keep up the standard, but so far, I have not been disappointed. I really enjoyed this book and I am sure Slaughter fans will love it.
Reason for Reading: Next in the series.A refreshingly, page-turning, exiting thriller that this long time Slaughter fan has finally found worthy of five stars again. Slaughter's last several books have been in the 3 or 4 star range for me, good but just not up to Blindsighted and Kisscut, those first two explosive books. With Fallen, Slaughter is back in the seat with an exhilarating new thriller. Faith, Will's partner, is a major character in this book as her mother is kidnapped and she sets off to track down the merciless person or persons who have done so, along the way she even becomes a suspect. She realizes she can't go it alone and comes to Will for help and even former coroner, Sara Linton. The case is fantastic and an exciting read. Possibly the plot is a little over the top, but who cares! Slaughter is in top form here.I've said it before in my reviews that I've never liked Sara Linton, but Slaughter takes her character through some major development in this book, as she does Will Trent. Giving them both a much needed update in their current situations and taking them forward in a direction that I amazingly am very satisfied with. An all around top-notch thriller with great character development for the series as a whole.
**S P O I L E R **I enjoyed this book. It held my interest the majority of the time, but a couple times I had a hard time getting into it. I really liked the romance between Will Trent and Sara Linton. I am glad Angie is history, as far as a relationship goes. The book had an unexpected ending, that I did not see coming.
This book is the third of Karin Slaughter?s to combine her Grant County and Atlanta series characters. These combined books are my only exposure so far to Sara Linton, so I am not as familiar with her history as I am with Will, Faith, and Amanda.This book focuses mainly on Faith, whose mother has been tortured and kidnapped for reasons she is not sure of. Both a witness and a victim, Faith is unable to officially participate in the investigation and it?s driving her crazy? almost literally, as she can?t seem to get her diabetes under control.In the meantime, Will (with the help of Sara) and Amanda are trying to get to the bottom of things. They know that it all has to do with the corruption case that ended Faith?s mother?s career, but the whos and whys are elusive.I am a big fan of Will Trent, and I?ve enjoyed his growth through the books he?s been in. It?s nice to see him grow more assertive and independent and sure of himself as he realizes a woman can like him without also hating him. I?m looking forward to future books with Will and Sara; will his misery be like Samson?s hair? Is Sara his Delilah?
This is the first Karin Slaughter novel I have read, but it won't be the last if this is any indication of the pace she sets for her characters... off and running right from the first page. A true suspense thriller!The story and characters held my interest all the way through to the surprising end. I felt the relationships were believable and I did care about what happened. I can't wait to read more about Will Trent, well really about all of them really. I NEED to see how they got to this point. The only parts that did not ring true to me were the actions surrounding Faith medical condition, how she and others handled her diabetes. I too am a diabetic and said 'Huh?' and 'No!' to most of those parts.Overall... Karin Slaughter has a new devotee!
I enjoyed this book, it was a suspenseful read, but it really wasn't anything that I found out of the ordinary. When the mother of a Georgia Police Officer comes up missing in a bloody scene at her own home, Faith is relieved at finding her baby still there but determined to find her mother. Her mother's own police officer past may play a part in her disappearance which seems to have something to do with Mexican and Asian gangs. Faith is dealing with keeping herself healthy through the whole ordeal (shes diabetic) and taking care of her children. A group of friends in the right jobs (Amanda, detective; Will, Amanda's partner; Sara, a doctor) help Faith get to the bottom of the situation. Nothing really made me care about the characters, except for the vulnerable Sara and Will, I wanted to find out what happened, but wasn't really rooting for either side.