The Last Widow

Will Trent and Sara Linton return in this fantastic and urgent thriller by New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter, which is full of cunning turns, unsettling secrets, and unexpectedly stunning revelations.

Unidentified abduction

A scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is seized by unidentified attackers in a shopping center parking lot on a steamy summer night. The doctor vanished without a trace, and the authorities are fighting to save him.

An enormous explosion

A month later, the peace of a bright Sunday afternoon is upended by a loud explosion that shakes the entire earth, and then another one that happens seconds later. The explosion occurred in one of Atlanta's busiest and most significant neighborhoods, which is home to the CDC, Emory University, two large hospitals, and the FBI headquarters.

An evil adversary

Medical examiner Sara Linton and Georgia Bureau of Investigation investigator Will Trent race to the site and into the center of a deadly scheme that might claim thousands of innocent lives. Will goes undercover to save Sara and stop a massacre when the attackers kidnap her, risking his own life for the lady and the nation he loves.