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Fallen: A Will Trent Thriller
Fallen: A Will Trent Thriller
Fallen: A Will Trent Thriller
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Fallen: A Will Trent Thriller

Written by Karin Slaughter

Narrated by Kathleen Early

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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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.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateAug 28, 2018
ISBN9780062895202
Fallen: A Will Trent Thriller
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Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant New York Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter and Pretty Girls. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series, Will Trent is a television series starring Ramón Rodríguez on ABC, and further projects are in development for television. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    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.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Love her books. This one was better than the last
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The first half of Fallen by Karin Slaughter is a great read. The mother of Will Trent's partner Faith is kidnapped. The clues point to dirty cops, drugs, stolen money and much else. However, by the second half, the novel gets too caught up in the past lives of Will's boss and Faith's mother, and frankly, I didn't care. There are too many names to keep track of and too many extraneous plot elements to tease out. Roger Ling (a bad guy with too little plot time) tells Will Trent what's what with Faith's kidnapped mother Evelyn. But by the time you get to the end of the book, his comments make no sense. The budding romance between Will Trent and Sara Linton is kind of cute but so far has no real depth. The denoument is out of left field and serves only to annoy the reader. I am willing to give Slaughter a little bit of leeway and will read her next novel because the disposal of Sara Linton's husband was so wonderful, surprising, and absolutely necessary. I was shocked that she killed Jeffrey because so few series authors will give up on a character. But Slaughter could see a dead end when she saw one and dispatched Jeffrey. I applaud that bold move and hope only to see some boldness in the next novel.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    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.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    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.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loves the storyline. These books just get better and better.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I didn't like Sarah's character. Something about her bothered me. Maybe because I tend to root for The Underdogs and I think the author should have made it so that him and Angie stayed together. Maybe it was because Sarah pursued him, and Will acquiesced, while he was still a married man! And I especially don't like how the attitude towards Evelyn's love child being killed was so relaxed and dismissed! Regardless of what he did, that was her son! So no, this book didn't do it for me in a lot of ways!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    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?
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I enjoyed reading Fallen, Karin Slaughter's latest, although not as much as her previous novels. It is definitely a page turner, and I like the characters of Will and Faith, even Amanda. The plot line was a little confusing sometimes, but Slaughter wraps things up quite nicely. I did not especially appreciate the similarities between Roger Ling and Hannibal Lecter, but even Slaughter makes a joke about it, as Amanda refers to Will as "Clarice." The best thing I took away from Fallen was a Tennessee Williams' quote: "If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels."
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    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.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved reading this book. The story was easy to follow. It didn't carry on in one direction to long and it flowed great. The characters in the book were interesting and it was easy to like Faith (main character). I would recommend the book. I would read another book by this author.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Don?t you hate when you?re following a series and the author and the characters sort of wind down after a while? Not here: Slaughter cranks them up, and delivers a darned good story. This book is intelligent, very well-crafted, with great characterizations (including much more of the appealing Will Trent than in previous books) and has a good, sustained level of tension. I think this is her best one yet! Most of the focus of this book is on Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Will, his partner Faith, and their boss Amanda. The interactions between Faith and her mother, and Faith and her children are so well-done and natural-seeming, you have to pinch yourself to ensure you?re not in a room watching actual people. And the problems evinced by Will with relationships, which stemmed from the awful experiences of his childhood, in my opinion are drawn to perfection. Dr. Sara Linton has finally recovered from the murder of her husband four and one-half years previously. She is no longer sniveling and moping around, but is once again the incisive, caring, sexy woman we loved so much in the earlier books.I realize I?m not telling you anything about the plot. But the spoilers start right away. Suffice it to say it is a police procedural that pays strong attention to the crime but even more so to the character portrayals. If you like Karin Slaughter, you?ll love this latest in her Will Trent/Sara Linton series. And the best news of all? It can be read as a stand alone!Discussion: Why I like Karin Slaughter?s books so much is a mystery to me, so to speak. Generally, the plots involve things I can?t stand: either very bad violence toward women, or drug gangs and drug wars. Her protagonists are for the most part very good looking, something that usually turns me off [too unrealistic]. But then there are all the appealing aspects: while her author newsletter, to which I subscribe, is funny and charming and full of pet news, in her books, Slaughter is tough as nails. She doesn?t waste any prose by taking breaks from the action, but rather just switches the storylines at intervals. Her women are a terrific combination of rock solid and soft, written in a way that doesn?t exaggerate either element. Her heroes may be good looking, but they are flawed in charming ways that are creatively different than most detective books. And some of her terrific sense of humor does manage to leak into her books, in spite of their serious nature. It makes the dialogue and action seem more realistic.Evaluation: I love Karin Slaughter as an author, and I liked this book even more than her others!Notes for the record:Location: Atlanta, GeorgiaCharacters: Faith Mitchell, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Age 34, diabetic, unmarried mother of 20 year old Jeremy and four-month-old Emma (by different fathers)Dr. Sara Linton, Pediatric Attending Doctor in Emergency at Atlanta?s Grady Hospital, 39, widowed, 5?,11?, auburn red hair, has two greyhounds and a catWill Trent, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Age 34, 6?3?, grown up in a children?s home and never been adopted, dyslexic, married to Angie, has a Chihuahua named BettyAmanda Wagner, Deputy Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, probably in the vicinity of 60Evelyn Mitchell, Faith?s mother, retired Captain of the narcotics squad at the Atlanta Police DepartmentKarin Slaughter's books in orderThe Grant County seriesBlindsighted (2001)Kisscut (2002)A Faint Cold Fear (2003)Indelible (2004)Faithless (2005)Beyond Reach (2007)The Will Trent/Atlanta seriesTriptych (2006)Fractured (2008)The Georgia series (combining characters from both series)Undone (2009)Broken (2010)Fallen (2011)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Captivating and well written suspense novel. Great addition to the series. I couldn't be more pleased. It was interesting and didn't let down for even a moment. I would definitely check out the next book Ms. Slaughter has published.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed reading Fallen from the moment it arrived in my mailbox. Slaughter knows how to write suspense which kept me on my toes waiting for the next shoe to drop. I found the book interesting and loved getting to know another side of Faith Mitchell and the criminal life of Faith's mother. I would like to see Slaughter further develop Will Trent's character, and feel that the author is leading us into the further revolution of Trent. Overall, like all of her books, Karin Slaughter delivers again.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I was a big fan of Karin Slaughter's early work. While she remains a great writer, for me, her last few novels have fallen a bit short. Fallen has tremendous potential with gripping suspense and characters that stand out. But the cast of characters in this one is quite large and sometimes hard to keep track of. Slaughter's attempt to keep the suspense rendered an often frustratingly vague plot that didn't tie together until the very end. I found the conclusion too convenient in some aspects and a little unbelievable in others. This book is part of an ongoing series. Slaughter fills in plenty of details about her characters' pasts, so I don't think it would be a problem for a reader new to her work to follow along
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Dyslexia, diabetes, dysfunctional relationships and dirty cops are an unlikely mix but Karin Slaughter puts them together with a sure hand and in Fallen creates an interesting and relentless page-turner. She has developed a well-rounded cast of characters and attracted the attention and regard of the thriller-reading public, making her a best-selling writer ? deservedly too since her books are a fine balance of action, intelligent plotting and entertainment.Slaughter?s fictional world is in Atlanta, Georgia, in which she has set both the Grant County [featuring trauma doctor Sara Linton] and the Atlanta series [with Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Will Trent and his partner Faith Mitchell]: this book is the third in which she combines the threads, and her 11th full length novel, yet it reads well as a stand alone.Faith Mitchell?s mother Evelyn [a former member of the Atlanta police department] is kidnapped and mutilated, her house is ransacked and there are dead hoodlums on the property. Faith herself is under suspicion and battling to deal with her diabetes and her new-born daughter, so it?s up to her partner the dyslexic Will Trent, assisted by Sara Linton, to investigate. Drugs, gang politics, homicidal prisoners, police loyalties, family secrets, the old girl network and dogs, combined with the city of Atlanta and its suburbs, form a potent and exciting mix of elements that guarantee you will stay absorbed.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Faith Mitchell gets home late to find blood through her mother's house, her baby daughter hidden and her mother vanished. Two men remaining in the house are looking for something, but by one thing or another she's shot them both before they explain. And she still doesn't know where they took her mother. By the end of the investigation she's learning about her mother's career as a cop, and also her life as a women defined by the sixties.You could read this as a standalone crime novel with excellent, multi-faceted characters and a terrific convoluted plot, but if you read the other books first you've got something even better: another segment of these characters' lives that the author propels forward without apology. This is a landmark book for Will Trent particularly. If you're a fan of his, you can't miss it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I can not claim Fallen is a good mystery, but it was an entertaining read. When I requested Fallen I was not aware that this was part of a series. The good news is that everything that is truly important is in the novel.Faith Mitchell is a veteran police officer. When she comes home to a hostage situation, dead bodies and a missing mother whom was the Captain of the Atlanta Police Department and terminated under suspicious circumstances a bad day turns into a her worst nightmare.The story then unfolds almost entirely through exposition. I do not like this form of story telling but Karin Slaughter was able to keep my interest through the whole book despite it. Her story flowed smoothly with enough information appearing at all the right places to prevent me from wanting to put it down. The multifaceted characters help tame the frequent and very graphic violence that seems to guide the direction of the plot. Be warned if you don?t like to read about copious amounts of grey matter covering just about everything this is not the book for you.I really enjoyed the ride until the finally. Unfortunately I found the end to be completely unbelievable to the point of almost laughable and almost caused me to give this book less than 3 stars. The reason I am giving it 4 stars is that I really enjoyed the book until the very end and will likely read the other books in the series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    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.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book. I started reading it as soon as I got it, and I had the whole thing read in 2 days. I couldn't put it down. It was well written and the characters were completely fascinating. One more prize-winning book in Karin Slaughter's repertoire. I whole-heartedly recommend this book!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Excellent addition to the series!!!
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Based on the high reviews, my thoughts on the book must be an anomaly. I got about 3/4 of the way through the book and didn't give a whit about any of the characters so I quit reading. The characters were either awful people (Amanda and Angie), spineless (Will), or we just didn't know enough about them (Faith, her neighbor). Something would happen to a character, then you'd have to go 100 or more pages before returning back to that character to find out what happened. The pacing was slow with too much exposition.I'm not sure what others see in "Fallen," but it wasn't for me.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Karin Slaughter, another author I had not read until receiving an early reviewer copy of Fallen. Faith Mitchell; single mother, cop, and devoted daughter; arrives at her mother?s house to find her baby in danger, dead bodies, and threatening criminals and her mother kidnapped. If that story line does not catch your interest, then nothing will. I read this book while travelling and I could not get it out of my head during my eight-hour days driving. Slaughter?s writing style is engaging and keeps the story moving with new details and unanswered questions that continue at a good pace. I found myself trying to puzzle out just what her mother had been up to as a police officer that would lead to her being kidnapped. Had she really stolen a million dollars that she had hidden away and if she did not, why did she have a secret bank account? Does Faith?s boss know the truth about her mother and why won?t she share what she does know. Faith?s partner is equally complex as is his own love life. Fallen features a well-crafted storyline with complex characters and satisfying twists and turns in the plot. I will be reading more works by Karin Slaughter.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Karin Slaughter is the absolute best crime/mystery writer I have come across in this day and age. Her novels will simply astound you with their heart-racing moments and intrigue. Every time I pick one of her novels up I cannot stop reading until I'm done and I still find myself begging for more. She's a writer with no fear! She wields her instruments like a knife ready to dig in deep and take you by surprise at every turn!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Who says ?old gals? don?t rule? Karin Slaughter?s new book, Fallen, proves that they do. A thrilling ride about police involved in corruption and bribery with lots of personal details involved.Evelyn Mitchell, a former police captain, who worked her way up the Atlanta police force, is kidnapped after a violent battle at her home. Her daughter, Faith, tries to come to the rescue, manages to kill two of the people in the house, but is not able to rescue her mother. This starts Faith, her partner Will Trent, Sara Linton, a former coroner, and Amanda Wagner, Evelyn oldest friend and the head of the Special Criminal Apprehension Team, a unit in the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, on a wild chase to figure out what the kidnappers want and how to get Evelyn back. The group who were in Evelyn?s house is composed of members from a Mexican gang and an Asian gang. These people do not usually work together. Thrown in is the fact that Evelyn retired under a cloud after most of her detectives were arrested and sent to prison for taking bribes. Will Trent headed up the investigation and still believes that Evelyn was involved in the corruption. Faith knows that her mom was not corrupted, even though they have never talked about what happened. Evelyn raised her to be an honest woman and policewoman.Thrown into the situation is Sara Linton, a character from other Slaughter books. She is now working in the emergency room and has a history with Will, who is married to a girl who grew up with him in an orphanage.Helping the good guys is a large number of old gals who came up through the legal system with Amanda and Evelyn. They all had to have ball busting attitudes to get anywhere in the male dominated legal system. These ?old gals? can be called on for inside information and a back up gun when the regular policemen would stand out. No one pays attention to old ladies. My favorite is Roz Levy, a police photographer, who Amanda got to know when she was investigating her for the murder of her 65 year old, abusive, alcoholic husband, who Roz probably killed. No one messes with Roz. It is wonderful to see this group of older woman working together to get the job done.This is my first Karin Slaughter book. It was great. I want to get to know all of these people better. I want to know how Sara and Trent?s romance progresses. I want to follow Faith?s career.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    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!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another winner from Karin Slaughter. She always knows how to make you like her characters and has the plots that keep you begging for more.