Triptych
A Novel
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4.1 • 116 Ratings
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Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The hunt for a vicious killer forces a tenuous alliance between a volatile detective, an abrasive cop, and an eccentric special agent in the first novel of the action-packed Will Trent series—the inspiration for ABC’s Will Trent
This edition features a new introduction on the origins of the Will Trent novels and Triptych’s place in the series
“Crime fiction at its finest.”—Michael Connelly
“[Karin] Slaughter’s gift for building multi-layered tension while deconstructing damaged personalities gives this thriller a nerve-wracking finish.”—USA Today
In the city of Atlanta, young women are dying at the hands of a killer who signs his work with a single, chilling act of mutilation. Leaving behind enough evidence to fuel a frenzied police hunt, this cunning madman is bringing together dozens of lives, crossing the boundaries of wealth and race. And Michael Ormewood, the hot-tempered veteran detective assigned to the case, grows increasingly erratic as he is distracted by his crumbling marriage.
Enter Will Trent, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Lanky, quiet, and resolute, Will and his astute observations and unconventional methods have earned both praise and scorn from his colleagues, but they may give this team the edge they need to solve this case. Working with Angie Polaski, an acerbic vice cop, Michael and Will race to track down the killer before he strikes again.
But another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer’s trail in the most coincidental of ways—someone who may be the key to breaking the case wide open. . . .
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A chilling murder case links four deeply flawed people in this dark thriller from best-selling author Karin Slaughter. Atlanta detective Michael Ormewood is pursuing an inappropriate relationship with his teen neighbor. Georgia Bureau of Investigation officer Will Trent is hiding a devastating secret. Ambitious vice cop Angie Polaski has a turbulent history with both these men. And convicted rapist and murderer John Shelley has just emerged from a 20-year prison stint with an amazing credit score. Time melted away as we read Triptych, marveling as Slaughter masterfully intertwines these four storylines into a suspenseful hunt for a serial killer and salts her story with flashes of the blackest humor imaginable.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Slaughter departs from her Grant County crime series (Faithless, etc.) with a stand-alone thriller notable mainly for a jolting mid-book twist similar to one Ira Levin used with more subtlety in A Kiss Before Dying. The case of a prostitute's brutal murder provides a welcome break for Michael Ormewood, a cynical, world-weary Atlanta cop weighed down by dealing with the city's underclass and the heartbreak of a mentally impaired son. Since the victim's tongue was severed, linking the crime to several other recent outrages, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation intervenes. Suspicions focus on a recently paroled sex offender, John Shelley, who viciously butchered a neighbor more than a decade earlier. Slaughter unexpectedly switches the narrative's perspective, but the shock value garnered by the plot twist isn't matched by the predictable denouement.
Customer Reviews
One of the Great Ones
TripTych is hands-down one of the best mystery-thrillers I've ever read, and I've read a lot of them. I pretty much go medium to medium-warm with Karin Slaughter's books. I've read all of them and always think she's good but not great. But this one really is 'can't-put-it-down'/'ones-like-these-don't-come-along-too-often', great!