Fractured is the second book in Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series. Will Trent is a detective with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and quickly takes over the case of a murder site that belongs to the Atlanta police. A teen girl is found murdered in the bedroom at a mansion in wealthy Ansley Park when her mother returns home and finds a guy near the teen and kills him with her own bare hands. Will gets paired up with a female cop, Faith, from the Atlanta police department to figure out what’s really going on here. Faith is certainly not Will’s biggest fan but is determined to not let her personal feelings get in the way of the case.
Karin Slaughter jumps right into the story in Fractured and quickly engages you with the Will Trent’s character, subtly reminding you of what was learned about him in book one, Triptych. She does this in such a way that even if you haven’t read Triptych; you’re quickly caught up to speed and can follow along just fine… she does a great job building the characters they feel like real people that we get to know more and more about their backgrounds as the series continues.
The twists and turns in this story kept me on my toes while adding interesting layers to the investigation that keeping me intrigued, it’s definitely a page turner…. highly recommended!
I’ve now started Undone, book #3 of the Will Trent Series, but this time I’m listening to the audiobook version. I’ll be sure to share what I think of it once done!
The books in the Will Trent Series include:
- Triptych
- Fractured
- Undone
- Broken
- Fallen
- Criminal
- Unseen
- The Kept Woman
- The Last Widow
- The Silent Wife