Triptych - Karin Slaughter - Mel's Bookshelf

Triptych (Will Trent #1) – Karin Slaughter

In the city of Atlanta, women are dying—at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this cunning madman is bringing together dozens of lives, crossing the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread—and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael’s lover before she became his enemy.

But another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer’s trail in the most coincidental of ways—someone who may be the key to breaking the case wide open…

My Review of Triptych

I got a copy of The Silent Wife from the lovely peeps over at Harper Collins Australia. Soon I realised that it was number 10 in the Will Trent series. I am a bit reluctant to read it because I hate going into series after the characters have been established. So I read some reviews and it seems people RAVE about this series! And other works by Karin Slaughter. So I thought, why not give number 1 in the series a go and see if i can get through a few of them before I tackle number 10!

This one was exciting, not because I loved it, which unfortunately I did not -but it introduced me to her clever writing. There is so much talent there, and so much potential. I loved how it was written. She weaved the story together really well and everything came together and it was really well done.

The characters, I’m not so fussed about right now to be honest. I am not Angie’s biggest fan, and her relationship with Will is weird and I just didn’t feel it. I am imagining that this improves over subsequent books, because of all the amazing reviews this series gets. At least I hope it does!

I really enjoyed how the killer was revealed, it was done in such a way that it wasn’t a twist exactly, but there were still surprises.

The audio version was good, I would have preferred to read this one in print I think, but due to a bunch of other books I have to get through, audio it was. And it was relatively short and easy to listen to.

I am anticipating good things with this series, hope I am not disappointed!

(3.5 / 5)