Book #11: The Silent Wife, Karin Slaughter
He watches.
A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she’s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim.
He waits.
A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical.
He takes.
Although the original trail has gone cold – memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared – agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife …
As Will digs into both crimes it becomes clear that he must solve the original case in order to reach the truth. Yet nearly a decade has passed—time for memories to fade, witnesses to vanish, evidence to disappear. And now he needs medical examiner Sara Linton to help him hunt down a ruthless murderer. But when the past and present collide, everything Will values is at stake…
Group Discussion Questions:
Why was this book called Silent Wife?
What did you think of the book overall? Where did it fall in ranking with those we read this year?
How did you feel about Faith, Tessa and Sarah as characters?
How did you feel about Will and Jeffery? Why?
Do you think Jeff was a man that could loved by many, while Will was a man who could only properly be loved by Sarah?
Are you team Will or Jeffery?
How is it possible that Lena wasn’t fired years ago?
How do you think trauma stays with those effected, wife, daughter, mother? Do you think the author Karen did a good job portraying the long lasting effects on the victims and their families?
How did you feel for the families of these victims? What stood out to you the most?
How do you feel Karin did with tackling the issue of stigma that surrounds rape victims? Was she empathetic?
How did the subject of rape and the crimes themselves that are viscerally disturbing make you feel in this book? Did this book get too graphic for you?
What was the most surprising or enlightening thing you discovered reading this book?
Did you properly guess who done it? Did your thoughts change throughout the read?
Did you suspect it was Brock? What did you think when the clues started to lineup?
What did you think about Brocks confession? And how he killed himself and his mother?
Did you think they’d find Gina alive?
How often do you think women are raped and don’t report it for numerous reasons like some of the characters in the book?
Have you ever felt followed or uncomfortable? Could you relate to some of the paranoia in the book?
How can we better help the stigma around victims of rape?
It’s a black shadow that burns through you. Did any other parts of the rape descriptors stay with you or haunt you after?
What did you think when Sara flushed Brocks ashes down the toilet?
What did you think of Karins writing style and this book as a whole?
This book is a series. Will you go back and read others or have you read any others?
We’ve heard that serial killers take or leave a mark of their killing. What do you think the significance of taking the hair accessories was?
In hindsight, what do you think we’re the clues given by the author to point to the murder?
What did the author present that threw you off this path?
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