The Kept Woman

Part True Detective, part The Girl on the Train. All parts gripping. --theSkimmThe New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her returns with an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges Will Trent into the darkest depths of a mystery that just might destroy him.Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future.Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them.With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site, Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop.Studying the body, Sara Lintonthe GBIs newest medical examiner and Wills loverrealizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victima womanwho has vanished .. . and who will die soon if she isnt found.Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the citys most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the worlds most expensive lawyersa man whos already gotten away with rape, despite Wills exhaustive efforts to put him away.But the worst is yet to come.Evidence soon links Wills troubled past to the case . . .and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friendsand even the suspects he pursues.Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller -- a searing, unforgettable novel of love, loss, and redemption.