After That Night – Karin Slaughter
After That Night, the eleventh entry in Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series, puts the focus on Dr. Sara Linton, who is testifying in a rape trial when the defendant’s mother, a former colleague of Sara’s from her residency, lets her know that there is a connection between this case and Sara’s own rape from 15 years earlier. While Will and Faith start investigating off the record, Sara looks back to her past to see if she can find the connection while still maintaining her sanity. What they find horrifies them: a rape club that has been ongoing for years. Once they get the approval to turn this into a real case, can they turn their theories into proof and stop the rape club from the inside?
After It took me four plus years to read through the earlier books in the series, a new entry made it to the top of the pile rather quickly. Slaughter once again leans on the crutch of having the villain have some sort of personal connection to the primary players in the investigation, something that was a hallmark of the early entries in the series. At some point, you’d think they’d take a hard look in the mirror and ask some hard questions, like why is everyone we know a serial killer or rapist?
And there we have it, book #52! For just the third time since I started this “52 books in 52 weeks” challenge back in 2010, I made it to the finish line. Last year, I did it with just a couple of weeks to spare. This time around, I’m a whole month ahead of schedule. I should have little problem surpassing my personal record of 55 books, set all the way back in 2022.
