The Kept Woman - Karin Slaughter

When the body of an ex-cop is discovered in an empty Atlanta warehouse, Special Agent Will Trent knows this could be the most devastating case of his career.

Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim – a woman – has vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city’s biggest and most politically-connected athlete – a local hero Will has spent the last six months investigating on, a brutal rape charge.

But for Will – and also for Dr Sara Linton, the GBI’s newest medical examiner – the case is about to get even worse.

Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a personal link to Will’s troubled past.

And they have only a few hours to find the missing woman before she bleeds out…