The Silent Wife by Karen Slaughter

 Note: I am reviewing the audio format for this novel. One issue I had with this audio format was that it did not offer time related information at the chapter headings. The story jumps back and forth between two different times, eight years apart. It was confusing until I figured this out.

A serial rapist and murder has been operating throughout Georgia for over eight years and no one has recognized this until the prisoner that had been arrested for the crime, convinces police to investigate this further. Thus, starts a time-jumping mystery spanning eight years and follows the investigation by medical examiner Sara Linton and her former husband, Jeffery Tolliver, as the first victims are found and continues eight years later with Sara and her boyfriend, Will Trent.

The story is incredibly fast-paced, with more twists and turns then the Atlanta Freeway. There is as much forensic science to shame CIS (Wherever). The abuse against women is highly detailed and not for the faint of heart, but in a comment by the author, she admits that she strives to bring a realistic depiction of what women go through at the hands of rapists, to bring light to the issue.

Highly recommended.