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Undone

Written by Karin Slaughter

Narrated by Natalie Ross

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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In this suspense masterpiece, Karin Slaughter weaves together the powerful human stories of three unforgettable characters from her New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured, who collide here for the first time in an electrifying race against unspeakable evil.

When a tortured young woman enters the trauma center of an Atlanta hospital, Dr. Sara Linton is thrust into a desperate police investigation with Special Agent Will Trent and his partner, Faith Mitchell. Though guarding their own wounds and their own secrets, Sara, Will, and Faith find that they are all that stand between a madman and his next victim.

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Release dateJul 14, 2009
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Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant New York Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter and Pretty Girls. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series, Will Trent is a television series starring Ramón Rodríguez on ABC, and further projects are in development for television. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When review copies were being offered of Karin Slaughter's Undone (also known under the title Genesis outside of the United States), I managed to snag a copy. I picked it up for a few reasons: I've been trying to expose myself more to the mystery genre, the cover is quite distinctive, and a quick glance at LibraryThing told me that Slaughter has a pretty devoted fanbase worldwide and has won and been nominated for several awards. I hadn't read any of her books before Undone and at first hadn't realized that it brings together two of her previous series and marks the beginning of another--it is the seventh book in the Grant County series (featuring Sara Linton), the third book in the Atlanta series (featuring Will Trent), and the first book in what is to be the Georgia series (featuring both them and other recurring characters).Driving home after their anniversary celebration, the last thing that Henry and Judith Coldfield expected was to be in an accident; but they could never have anticipated a head-on collision with a terrified woman standing in the road. Found naked and showing obvious signs of abuse and torture, she is taken to the Grady hospital in Atlanta. Dr. Sara Linton, still overcoming the death of her husband, attends the victim upon her arrival at the emergency room. Special Agent Will Trent and his partner Faith Mitchell from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation also happen to be at the hospital when the woman is brought in. All three soon find themselves involved in solving the terrible crime. The woman is in extremely bad shape and it doesn't take long to discover other missing persons cases that may be related; more women that have gone missing in the area under similar circumstances. Judging from Anna's state, the first victim to be found, the investigators must work quickly to locate the other women and their abductor--they won't be able to survive long under such cruel and brutal conditions. But if left without leads and without much information to go on, they soon will run out of time.Will was probably my favorite character in the book, so I wasn't disappointed when it seemed like he and Faith were being featured more prominently than Sarah (who actually kinda annoyed me for most of the story--she just seemed too perfect, especially compared to the others who showed plenty of flaws). The plot itself was paced very nicely and didn't rely too heavily on coincidence, although it did some extent. I did like how the book was sectioned off into days, which was helpful in keeping track of what was happening when. Otherwise, it would have been pretty easy to lose track, there was so much going on. One thing that was particularly frustrating for me (and for the investigators as well) was the degree to which police politics were involved--to the extent that it actually interfered with the case being solved. I really hope this doesn't happen so often in real life.Slaughter is a very intense writer and at times rather gruesome and disturbing, but she definitely knows how to write and addicting story. She doesn't shy away from using strong language, which didn't bother me a bit; other readers might be, but it was certainly used appropriately and in context. People really do talk like that. Not having read any of her books before, I wasn't sure what to expect or if I would be able to jump into the middle of a series. Fortunately, Undone, in addition to being a great read, actually stands pretty well on its own. Certainly, I could tell there was some background information I was missing out on and some scenes were obviously included as part of a larger series arc rather than being directly related to the case (I found Will and Angie's relationship particularly puzzling), but none of this prevented my understanding or enjoyment of the story overall. In fact, I started reading Triptych (the first Will Trent book) immediately after I finished Undone. I think Slaughter may have found a new avid reader.Experiments in Reading
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    So enjoyable. Forgot about these characters, all of whom are interesting.Weirdo kidnaps and tortures women (sos). The women are all anorexic bitches. Great cops, doctors, etc. All interesting characters.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I found the story engrossing and enjoyed the sparks between Trent and Linton. The violence and cruelty level is high however so parts are definitely not for the squeamish. I deducted a star since was able to quickly determine who the killer was but was interested enough to follow through. It would be nice if the Angie character would just permanently disappear and if something would develop between Sara and Trent. I find her annoying and Trent acts like a love-starved adolescent when she is around.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good detective books but some of the violence is hard to read. I hope all this is based on a sick imagination
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Karin Slaughter is the absolute best crime/mystery writer I have come across in this day and age. Her novels will simply astound you with their heart-racing moments and intrigue. Every time I pick one of her novels up I cannot stop reading until I'm done and I still find myself begging for more. She's a writer with no fear! She wields her instruments like a knife ready to dig in deep and take you by surprise at every turn!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Although her stories are not very pleasant they somehow manage to suck me so I keep reading and can't put it down. This was no exception.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Undone took off from page on and didn't stop. I love when i'm reading a book and it feels like the author is taking me for a wild ride. This is what this book was like, a rollercoaster ride, fast, surprising and thrilling. The suspense slowly builds and I found myself absolutely hooked. The plot was great and the characters were well written. They were multi dimensional, and I enjoyed getting to know them as the story went along. The ending was really good, and all in all, it was a fantastic read. This is the book I was staying up late into the night reading and neglecting some of my household chores to read just one more chapter..... At just over 400 pages, I finished it in 4 days. If you're a fan of fast paced crime fiction pick up a copy of Undone, you won't regret it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    In a perfect world I would rate this Audiobook 4.5 ⭐'s.

    Character development was excellent and everytime my bluetooth would die & I had to go to bed, I would wake up thinking, "damn that was a great flic," then, "what was it called?"

    It was exciting to realize that it was an audio & YaY! I can go right back to it. It's very (very) dark & twisty, not for the faint of heart. I loved every minute of it and only remember feeling a little bored, once. That said, my mind drifted while on Twitter and I started reading an article. Not one for "Blanket Recommendations," I will say it was worth the 16°'s over 3 days and I WILL look for for additional audio•titles by the same Author!

    Thank you, Karin Slaughter, for sharing your mad talent. Thumbs up & KUDOS to you!!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Love Karin Slaughter. LOVE Will Trent series and all the main characters.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Well. It's just a regular cop mystery, with two very sympathetic and interesting cops (male, female partners), but the most horrific multiple murder, torture story ever. Jeez. I may read another in this series, but, well, may not. Advice?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Suuuch a tough read, but as always, incredible.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Wow, that is a really good story.

    A very injured girl falls under the car. It turns out that she and another woman were held in a hole in the ground, tortured and raped for days. Agent Will Trent and his partner Faith lead the case. They have to deal not only with a complicated case in which everyone lies or conceal information and there are no traces, but also with personal problems - Faith is pregnant again and it turns out that she has diabetes and Will has to face the demons of the past.

    Will Trent is one of the most interesting heroes in thrillers I have recently encountered. His complicated past that so strongly affects his behavior and character makes the whole story even better. I also like his partner Faith who is not just an addition to Will and is itself a complicated multidimensional woman. I really hoped that Will and Sara would come together at the end of this volume and I'm disappointed that it did not happen. But I read the blurbs of the next books and it turns out that they will eventually be together, which makes me very happy. They both deserve this bond.

    I think I will also read the next books and the previous ones that I omitted.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    An elderly couple drives on the high way, when they see a deer running across the road. They hit it, and they stop to check if the deer is okay. It appears that it isn't a deer, but a women. She has a lot of bruises and the ambulance comes to get her. In the hospital, they find out her 11th rib is missing. Near the place the woman was hit, they find a hole underground. There's a bed at it's clear that a person was held there. What happened? Who was held there and are there more victims?I thought it was a really good book. A thriller that ''makes my toes curl'' as we say it in Holland. It was creepy, and I didn't find out who did it until 3/4th of the book. It was great, 4.5 stars!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Book Description
    In this suspense masterpiece, Karin Slaughter weaves together the powerful human stories of three unforgettable characters from her New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured, who collide here for the first time in an electrifying race against unspeakable human evil.

    When a tortured young woman enters the trauma center of an Atlanta hospital, Dr. Sara Linton is thrust into a desperate police investigation with Special Agent Will Trent and his partner, Faith Mitchell. Though guarding their own wounds and their own secrets, Sara, Will, and Faith find that they are all that stand between a madman and his next victim.

    My Review
    This book grabs you in the beginning and does not let you go until the end. It has an excellent plot and the twists and turns makes it hard to figure out. Karin Slaughter has now mixed the characters from her Grant County series into the Will Trent series and this makes for an interesting story with a cliff-hanger at the end. Can't wait to read the next in the series in order to find out what secrets are waiting to be uncovered.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Undone took off from page on and didn't stop. I love when i'm reading a book and it feels like the author is taking me for a wild ride. This is what this book was like, a rollercoaster ride, fast, surprising and thrilling. The suspense slowly builds and I found myself absolutely hooked. The plot was great and the characters were well written. They were multi dimensional, and I enjoyed getting to know them as the story went along. The ending was really good, and all in all, it was a fantastic read. This is the book I was staying up late into the night reading and neglecting some of my household chores to read just one more chapter..... At just over 400 pages, I finished it in 4 days. If you're a fan of fast paced crime fiction pick up a copy of Undone, you won't regret it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Karin Slaughter is the absolute best crime/mystery writer I have come across in this day and age. Her novels will simply astound you with their heart-racing moments and intrigue. Every time I pick one of her novels up I cannot stop reading until I'm done and I still find myself begging for more. She's a writer with no fear! She wields her instruments like a knife ready to dig in deep and take you by surprise at every turn!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was great, but it's the second of three books in the series to hinge the mystery on an unreliable third person perspective. Unreliable narrators are a pet peeve of mine because they're easy to spot and that destroys the mystery. Oh well. Still good.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    As much as I cursed Karin Slaughter for her ending of "Beyond Reach", I really enjoyed this book. She brings together her characters from "Triptych" and "Fractured" with the crazy Grant County folk and it was quite enjoyable. Considering how many "murder mysteries" are now on TV weekly, there really is no original story anymore so the other stuff has to be pretty good to keep my interest. Slaughter is not in the league of an Elizabeth George but entertaining none-the-less.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is book #3 in Karin Slaughter's series about GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) Agent Will Trent. As some others have already mentioned, it's certainly not necessary to have read the first two, but it would be helpful. I wanted to read these books in order, though I don't always do that. In my opinion, the first book in the series, Triptych was THE best one. I know that as of this writing there are a total of 5 in the Will Trent series. I'm not sure if I can do two more installments. I enjoyed this book; it wasn't bad, but it just wasn't AS good as the previous two. If this had been my first exposure to Karin, I would totally have given it five stars. But much of her appeal that hooked me in the first 2 books has started to wear me down.

    This topic of this book is a bit gruesome and very descriptive as we were introduced to the brutal torture of several women who went missing. At first we're not certain if they abductions are related. Not only that, much of what they do know wasn't helpful and they kept going round and round in circles with the same clues. What made this a hard case was the fact that the women, though successful and well-off financially, didn't have many friends or family who cared if they were missing, Agent Trent is joined by his partner, Faith Mitchell (who became his partner in the previous book). In this book, Faith is dealing with some health issues, which not only affect her personally, they also threaten to ruin her working relationship with Will. Will, unfortunately, has dyslexia and is functionally illiterate on top of the fact that he's a bit strange/weird, but in a really nice way. He definitely doesn't fit the cop/agent stereotype. Ms. Slaughter made his issues much more pronounced in this book, compared to the first two. I'm honestly a bit tired of this particular issue and I'm beginning to wonder why he hasn't lost his job. He is also in a very, very dysfunctional relationship/marriage that continues to be a major weakness for him. I don't even want to spend any time on that subject. Not only that, he's a product of the state system, having been an abused orphan in a children's home his entire childhood. Those issues continue to haunt him, pretty much daily.

    Add all of this to his very tenuous relationship with his boss (who berates him for being an 'idiot', but praises him at the same time because his instincts are so good) and we realize that the book is really more about everyone's personal issues. This book is the opposite of Triptych...where the first book focused almost 90% on the crime and the criminal, this one focuses more on the agents and their issues, not the solving of the crime. It made for a slow moving book towards the middle because you just wanted her to get on with it already! Also in this book is an ER doc named Sara who is a character from Ms. Slaughter's Grant county series. Sara became involved because one of the tortured women was brought into the ER while Sara was on duty. Sara's issues stem from having lost her cop husband in a really awful death...she hasn't completely healed or gotten over it. She left her life that she shared with him in Grant County (as a coroner and a pediatrician) so she could get a fresh start and forget about the grief. she interjects herself into the case and ends up being helpful providing little clues along the way. BUT, again. way too many personal issues. so very distracting.

    The one thing I really like about Ms. Slaughter, is her ability to dissect an issue, causing you to get caught up in every detail, not realizing that she's taking you down a different path than the one you started on. She is so good at misdirection! In some cases, that would be an awesome attribute when it's about the crime. but not with this book. That attribute is what made Triptych a fast-moving and interesting read. But in Undone, I actually skipped a few pages because at one point Sara went on and on for several pages about what she liked about her deceased husband and how he made her feel and how perfect he was and how her life has changed and how she did this and that and this and that. Meanwhile, we've got two women tied up somewhere in a dark basement and it took Ms. Slaughter FOREVER to get back to them!

    This book didn't need to be over 400 pages. But because she veered off and gave us way too much meandering, unnecessary text, we had to wade through pages and pages of fluff that didn't affect the outcome of the book at all. All it did was make me a bit reluctant to read books 4 and 5 in this series. Does Will every take care of his reading issues? Will Faith stop being so bossy and bitchy and finally get her life together?? Will Sara MOVE on with her life? Does Will finally kick his sleezy, slutty, user of a wife to the curb? WAY too much soap opera stuff and I'm scared to get caught up in the next two books if that's all it's going to be about. I'm not sure why this book was rated higher than Triptych. I think I'll take a break from Ms. Slaughter for a while. If you want to read a good one, get Triptych, #1 in the Will Trent series. Everything she writes after that just becomes bland.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents, Will Trent and Faith Mitchel just happen to be in a hospital’s emergency room when a badly injured woman is brought in. She's been hit by a car, but after an examination it looks like she may have been escaping from an unknown captor. Will heads out to the scene of the crime where he discovers an underground torture chamber. Soon he discovers the body of another woman who has also been tortured. When a third woman goes missing, Will and faith try to find out what might be connecting these woman and why they are being abducted.

    Undone brings back some familiar characters from previous books. We meet Sara Linton, a main character from another series by this author, who brings her own struggles. Faith is suffering some health issues and Will has a troubled past that he is attempting to keep a secret. One of the things that make these victims different from other suspense thrillers is that each of them is really unlikable. I read a lot of thrillers and I was completely shocked and surprised at the way this story played out.

    I enjoyed this series a number of years ago and recently have picked them all up on audio. Some of the detail is especially horrifying because you can't just skim through it like you can in a book. I really enjoy Will, Faith and Sara and am looking forward to Book 4 of the Will Trent series, Broken.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    GBI Special Agents Will Trent and Faith Mitchell finally meet up with Dr Sara Linton, combining the two series together for the first time. And what the perp is doing this time is utterly gruesome. It may be difficult for some to read about what the victims have been through. The story starts when an elderly couple hit a woman who suddenly appears before their car on a dark road. She’s naked and she’d been tortured – and she’s not the only victim they end up scrambling to find. The author shakes things up by giving us victims that we don’t necessarily like, Faith is facing some medical changes in her life and Will is, as always, putting himself down as not being good enough due to his dyslexia. It doesn’t help that Faith is helping him too much on that end. But now that he’s met Sara, perhaps he’ll stop being so hard on himself. We do finally see him lose control.It takes the team awhile to find a common thread between the victims, other than physical appearance. And even though, when learning about the personality of the victims, we’re still caught up in finding them and reuniting them with their children.Other than the early gruesome aspects, I found the book to be an easy and interesting read. A number of the characters will surprise you.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I liked this book. Good thriller.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    As Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and Will Trent try to connect two murders to a hit-and-run victim, Atlanta physician Sara Linton becomes more involved in the investigation—an investigation which soon culminates in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer. Summary BPLBorderline Mo Hayder creepiness here I did not expect from my favourite crime thriller detective novels. Again, Ms Slaughter writes pitch perfect dialogue for our main characters, gradually drawing the reader into their lives, their histories, their rationales. She paces her unveiling exquisitely slowly throughout the series with the result that the reader reaches for the next book, wondering not only what the crime will be but also what insights it will offer into the psyches of its investigators.7 out 10 Had to deduct marks for nastiness. Recommended for fans of Ms Slaughter and realistically flawed investigators.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This author was suggested to me by an aquaintance. The book was quite good. Probably not the best written in thw world but I liked the side issues introduced in it. eg Wills dyslexia, Faith's pregnancy.I will read more of her books. She doesn't seem to concentrate so much on the crime committed as some authors, which I enjoyed for a change.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    *****SPOILER ALERT****** This novel was a bit difficult for me to begin due to the changes at the end of Beyond Reach, but once I began reading it, I found it intriguing how Karin intertwined the characters from the Grant series and the Atlanta series. Definitely worth continuing.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Well I've had this book for quite a while now and just couldn't bring myself to read it. I'm a huge fan of Karin Slaughter and would wait anxiously every year for the next great book in the Grant County series and devour it quickly. But then our lovely writer Ms. Slaughter pulled the unexpected and did what she did. And although I completely understand why at the time I was shocked and even though I bought the new books when they came out I just didn't have the desire to read them. But as time heals all wounds I decided to jump back in and I'm glad that I did. This is by far one of her most violent and grisly books to date but I liked it and I liked where it seems she is taking the characters. The three main characters parts are well done and I agree with some of the other reviews the remaining characters are kinda one sided and not much to them. It reads very quick not my favorite in her lineup but I'm glad I read it and I'm glad that these characters are where they are at this moment.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A fast-paced thriller with more character development than one might expect from the genre, Undone unfortunately suffered from too much gratuitous violence and a few holes in the plot large enough to drive a truck through. And while the three primary characters had some depth, the rest were little more than one dimensional stereotypes. I’m glad the book read so quickly, and I’m glad to move on to something else.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very enjoyable, good to see the characters come together. Good plot but a bit long winded.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Meh. Probably won't continue with the series.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the first book I've read by Karin Slaughter, and I really enjoyed it. It is taut, suspenseful, and well-thought-out... there is more than one connection between the victims, which shows both ingenuity on the author's part as well as respect for the intelligence of her readers.I really appreciate her characters. They are all flawed, which makes them that much more human... they really are multidimensional. She gives the good and the bad, the known and unknown, the confidence and the questions. Most of all, I like what she's created for Will Trent: a compassionate, insecure, earnest male character. There are only so many stoic male cops with a drinking problem to go around - he is something new.I look forward to reading the rest of the series!(Advance Readers' edition, received from Goodreads 7/6/09)