Fractured: A Novel (Will Trent)

by Karin Slaughter

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A superior crime novel."--The Washington Post Ansley Park is one of Atlanta's most upscale neighborhoods--but in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager's lavish bedroom, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440244471
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Dell
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 1.2" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

OMG!!! I have read all of Ms. Slaughters Grant county stories and now we have Will Trent!!! Her writing is addictive. I am now on Undone and I can't put it down. I love she brought back Sara Linton.

Spectacular Read!

I loooovve Karin Slaughter. This novel is so gripping, detailed, riveting... I cannot put this book down. There's twists and turns throughout the novel. Must read!

First of Many

Fractured was my first Karin Slaughter novel, and it won't be my last. Slaughter is an obvious master of the whodunnit, and her richly wrought characters really drew me in. As soon as I finished this book, I went straight to A Faint Cold Fear, which also featured an intriguing plot and characters you could really get into. Still, there's definitely something special about the characters of Will and Faith from Fractured. In both books, Karin Slaughter demonstrates a gift for bringing to life unique characters who struggle to remain on a path of goodness, despite their deep flaws and troubled pasts. Also worth mentioning is the setting of Georgia -- it adds a nice, subtle ambiance to her tales.

A police procedural filled with great characters

After reading Triptych, featuring dislexic Georgia Bureau of Investigations agent Will Trent, I moved on to Fractured. In this book, Will Trent is called to the scene of a brutal murder of a young girl. The girl's parents are the rich and powerful Camponos. Will Trent quickly discovers that the crime scene was analyzed incorrecty by the Atlanta PD and that another girl may have been kidnapped and taken from the scene. After a fast paced, thrilling opening, the book transitions into a standard police procedural that spans three days. Will Trent is forced to work with Faith Mitchell, a 33 year old detective with an 18 year old son. Faith hates Will because, six months ago, Will forced Faith's mom to retire from the police because of possible corruption. After slowing the pace down, Slaughter brings the characters to the forefront. Will is constantly battling his low self esteem and his inability to read correctly. Faith is battling her anger towards Will and her anger at being forced to do the dirty work. Also, Abby Campano, the mother of one of the possible victims, struggles to make it to the next hour while wondering if her daughter is still alive, and if she is, what kind of shape she his in. Action goes from the Georgia Tech campus to the campus of a private high school full of rich kids. Slaughter kept the pages turning as she filled each page with incredible detail and each character with realistic hopes, flaws and fears. This is much more than a standard police procedural. Slaughter creates a vivid world in which the main character, Will Trent, is far from perfect. I hope to read more novels featuring Trent in the future.

great book

i love these characters and always buy the books as soon as they come out i have never been dissapointed

Very suspenseful crime thriller

This the second book in the Will Trent series and it just gets better. Will Trent is an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). In this story he takes over a kidnapping/murder case from the Atlanta police and in turn acquires a new partner, Detective Faith Mitchell with the Atlanta police department. Together they pursue a host of suspects to find the guilty parties. This is quite an interesting character study and a very suspenseful story line. It takes place in the city of Atlanta, not the fictional south Georgia town of Ms. Slaughter's other series. One of the best murder mysteries/police procedural books this year. Ms. Slaughter can really spin a good tale. Highly recommended.

Excellent police procedural

Affluent attorney Abigail Campano returns to her mansion in Atlanta's upscale Ansley Park section only to see a dead girl lying on the upstairs hallway. Without getting a close look, a stunned Abigail assumes the victim is her teenage daughter Emma. The apparent killer had not yet left the premise and the outraged Abby kills him. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Will Trent investigates along with Atlanta police Detective Faith Mitchell. The father Paul arrives filled with belligerence and bluster. Paul looks at the body and notices the lack of a birthmark; he insists the corpse of the teen is not his daughter; he and Abigail feel guilt and relief as Emma's friend Kayla Alexander lies dead on the floor. Will concludes that besides the obvious murder, someone kidnapped Emma. His fear is that they are too late to save the life of the seventeen year old girl but he and Faith remain determined to try; while the case is already confusing with the homicide and the death of the alleged killer by the lioness in her home, neither expected the twists that the investigation takes. Still both cops fear they are too late. Police procedural fans need to set aside time for this one sitting 400-page thriller as the audience will keep on adding one more exciting chapter after another to read. The two cops Will and Faith are a wonderful pairing as both are dedicated, but flawed; those personal defects augment a strong thriller. Filled with twists, FRACTURED will leave Karin Slaughter fans clamoring for the next GBI installment (see TRIPTYCH for the previous one). Harriet Klausner