Search - Triptych (Will Trent, Bk 1)

There aren't too many books that I simply cannot put down but this was one of them! A very gripping story with enough twists and turns to keep you reading well into the night. Karin Slaughter is definately one of my new favorite authors!

My first Karin Slaughter book. I wasn't disappointed!

This author is fast becoming one of my favorites. Her books are set in the south, mostly Georgia, and she's very much at home with that as a location for the action in her books. Triptych is well named, although discovering how and why is part of the enjoyment of this well-written murder mystery.

At first I didn't like this series as much as the "Grant County" series, but it didn't take long for me to decide I did like this book a lot. As with the G C series, I have favorite characters I love & characters I don't care much for. I liked the story line and how it all fell together. I love this author!

Both of Karin Slaughter's Atlanta books I've read are dense with place and character. This introduction to Will Trent, which I read after the second book, was no less satisfying for being different, a different take on the same character as he is subjected to different social frictions, than was the first book I read --- the second Atlanta Will Trent novel. Wow, that is a horrible couple of sentences.

This book has one of the most shocking twists that I have ever encountered in any of the hundreds of mystery/thriller books that I have read. It unsettled me so much that I had to put the book down and sit quietly for a moment - thinking "did I just read what I think I read??" Then I went back and read the paragraphs again. Getting to know these characters, learning about their backgrounds and complexities - I couldn't put this book down. Great story; she builds the puzzle pieces at just the right speed from the first to the last page.