Slaughter's latest brings to light heretofore-unknown aspects of the lives of Will Trent-an agent at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation-and his boss, deputy director Amanda Wagner. When a young college student goes missing, the circumstances surrounding the disappearance bring back memories of the first case Wagner worked as a young detective in 1975. What is the connection between the two cases and why has Wagner locked Trent out of the investigation? The answers exist, and Kathleen Early does an excellent job of revealing them as she narrates this complex thriller. Early handles the book's numerous plot twists and shifts in time, pacing, and point of view with aplomb, delivering a compelling and enjoyable listening experience. Confronted with a large cast of characters, Early manages to give each character a distinct voice without falling into caricature or cliche. She is especially effective in her reading of sections of the book set in the 1970s in which Amanda and her partner fight the prejudice of their peers in order to be taken seriously as detectives. A Delacorte hardcover. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

*Starred Review* The fourth entry in Slaughter's Georgia series moves between 1975 and the present day. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent is livid when his boss, Amanda Wagner, keeps him off their latest case. But Amanda has her reasons, and they go back to the 1970s, when Amanda and Evelyn Mitchell were rookies and among the first women hired in the Atlanta Police Department. Despised by their male colleagues, they are treated with the utmost disdain. Sent to take a rape complaint at Techwood Homes, a roach-infested housing project, the two discover that three prostitutes have gone missing, and no one seems to care. Amanda, who still cooks and cleans for her father, a longtime police commander, at first thinks that Evelyn, who is quick with a retort, is somewhat scandalous, but the two bond over their increasingly dangerous investigation, which is continually being stymied by both cops and criminals. And what they discover about what has been done to the missing prostitutes fuels their ire and their ambition. Providing a fascinating backward glance at sexual politics in the workplace as well as a grisly look at a brutal sexual predator, Slaughter delivers another riveting, pulse-pounding crime novel. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: National media attention, including a tie-in with the Save the Libraries campaign, will help launch author Slaughter's twelfth thriller onto the best-seller lists.--Wilkinson, Joanne Copyright 2010 Booklist

In Slaughter's (Fallen; Undone; Faithless) latest thriller, a new case involving a missing college student is connected to Agent Will Trent's troubled past and to the brutal crime that launched his supervisor's career almost 40 years ago. Slaughter offers hungry fans a much-desired return to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, two breakneck-speed criminal investigations to follow, and surprising character development that will leave readers breathless at the novel's end. Verdict Slaughter flawlessly executes a gripping crime novel while offering a nod to Atlanta's complicated history and giving fans' favorite series characters additional depth. Old devotees will be thrilled, and new readers will be hooked.-Colleen S. Harris, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga Lib. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.