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McAlpine Mayhem
http://looneybooks79.blog/2025/05/20/will-trent-12-waarom-we-logen/
Just a little note before starting this review: I read this book in the beautiful Dutch limited edition* - Dutch review below
Deep in the Appalachian mountains, there's a getaway called the McAlpine Family Lodge where Will Trent and Sara Linton are spending their honeymoon. Both are enjoying the peace and quiet of the forests, lake and not having to think about work. They even lied about their jobs so no one, not the other guests nor the people working at the lodge, would ask annoying questions. But it doesn't take long to have their peace and their honeymoon disrupted.
When Will and Sara are enjoying a nightly newly wed hook up, a scream pierces through the sky. Immediately Will rushes to where the sound came from and he finds Mercy McAlpine, daughter of the owners and current strong holder of the lodge, in the water stabbed multiple times, the knife still lodged in her back. Before she dies she leaves a message to Will, a message he has to transfer to her teenage son Jon.
Both Will and Sara have no other choice then to investigate the murder, while they wait for the GBI to arrive. While Sara does the first investigations on the body, Will tries to find out who could have a reason to murder Mercy. Guests and employees alike, they all seem to be hiding secrets. And apparently Mercy was aware of some of these secrets. And with the Lodge being sold from under her nose, by her family, she was about to share some of these secrets. Did that cause her death? Or was it her past that was the reason for her being killed?
In this novel Karin Slaughter brings out the best of a new genre for her, the locked room scenario. Channeling her Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Hercules Poirot and transferring this to her Will Trent series was a smart move. No rest for the wicked, because even when they try to relax and enjoy some time off, crime seems to follow them everywhere!
I love the way Karin builds up a story and tells about trauma, she's not only the Queen of Crime but also the Queen of Trauma, and knows to mislead her readers enough so they have to guess who did what. But... and this has to do more with me reading a lot of thrillers and watching a lot of movies... I knew pretty early on in the novel who was the culprit. This has happened before in other novels by other authors and when this happens, I often get the question: 'doesn't it ruin it for you, knowing who did it before the reveal?' and I always answer it doesn't, simply because I need the confirmation and the feeling that I accomplished something, however small this may be or seem. So yes, I enjoyed This is why we lied enormously. I am very much looking forward to discover more by Karin Slaughter (something I plan really soon because I still have a lot of books by her I still haven't read, lucky for me the Will Trent series is readable without the knowledge of previous books!)
In 2025 her new novel arrives, a standalone this time, which is called 'We are all guilty here'! Something to look forward to!
Just a little note before starting this review: I read this book in the beautiful Dutch limited edition* - Dutch review below
Deep in the Appalachian mountains, there's a getaway called the McAlpine Family Lodge where Will Trent and Sara Linton are spending their honeymoon. Both are enjoying the peace and quiet of the forests, lake and not having to think about work. They even lied about their jobs so no one, not the other guests nor the people working at the lodge, would ask annoying questions. But it doesn't take long to have their peace and their honeymoon disrupted.
When Will and Sara are enjoying a nightly newly wed hook up, a scream pierces through the sky. Immediately Will rushes to where the sound came from and he finds Mercy McAlpine, daughter of the owners and current strong holder of the lodge, in the water stabbed multiple times, the knife still lodged in her back. Before she dies she leaves a message to Will, a message he has to transfer to her teenage son Jon.
Both Will and Sara have no other choice then to investigate the murder, while they wait for the GBI to arrive. While Sara does the first investigations on the body, Will tries to find out who could have a reason to murder Mercy. Guests and employees alike, they all seem to be hiding secrets. And apparently Mercy was aware of some of these secrets. And with the Lodge being sold from under her nose, by her family, she was about to share some of these secrets. Did that cause her death? Or was it her past that was the reason for her being killed?
In this novel Karin Slaughter brings out the best of a new genre for her, the locked room scenario. Channeling her Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Hercules Poirot and transferring this to her Will Trent series was a smart move. No rest for the wicked, because even when they try to relax and enjoy some time off, crime seems to follow them everywhere!
I love the way Karin builds up a story and tells about trauma, she's not only the Queen of Crime but also the Queen of Trauma, and knows to mislead her readers enough so they have to guess who did what. But... and this has to do more with me reading a lot of thrillers and watching a lot of movies... I knew pretty early on in the novel who was the culprit. This has happened before in other novels by other authors and when this happens, I often get the question: 'doesn't it ruin it for you, knowing who did it before the reveal?' and I always answer it doesn't, simply because I need the confirmation and the feeling that I accomplished something, however small this may be or seem. So yes, I enjoyed This is why we lied enormously. I am very much looking forward to discover more by Karin Slaughter (something I plan really soon because I still have a lot of books by her I still haven't read, lucky for me the Will Trent series is readable without the knowledge of previous books!)
In 2025 her new novel arrives, a standalone this time, which is called 'We are all guilty here'! Something to look forward to!
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