The Kept Woman book cover by Karin Slaughter

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Where The Kept Woman sits

Series
Book 8 of Will Trent. See all Will Trent books in order
The book before
Unseen
The book after
The Last Widow
Order checked
Last checked: October 13, 2026, against karinslaughter.com
Place in the series
It is book 8 of the Will Trent series. (karinslaughter.com; read November 6, 2026) Will Trent ... Unseen ... The Kept Woman
Next book
Book 9 is The Last Widow. (karinslaughter.com; read November 6, 2026) The Kept Woman ... The Last Widow

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The edition checked here is a 461-page hardcover from William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) 9780062430212 ... hardcover ... 461 pages ... William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

What The Kept Woman is about

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  • In an empty Atlanta warehouse, Will Trent finds the body of a former police officer, and bloody footprints show a woman was carried off. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) the body of an ex-cop. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene
  • The building is owned by the best-known athlete in the city, whose wife was once married to Will, and whom Will's own bosses have been investigating. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) the warehouse belongs to the city's biggest and most high-profile athlete

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Topics

Places

  • Atlanta (Ga.)

Book type

  • Fiction

Reading ages

  • Adult

Other books in Will Trent

12 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: Triptych
  2. Book 2: Fractured
  3. Book 3: Undone
  4. Book 4: Broken
  5. Book 5: Fallen
  6. Book 6: Criminal
  7. Book 7: Unseen
  8. Book 9: The Last Widow
  9. Book 10: The Silent Wife
  10. Book 11: After That Night
  11. Book 12: This Is Why We Lied

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