Reading order · 12 books · 2006 to 2024 · Set in Atlanta
Will Trent Books in Order
Will Trent is a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in Atlanta, who hides his dyslexia and a painful childhood. Sara Linton joins the series from Undone. The books inspired the Will Trent television series.
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Series facts
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2006 to 2024
- First book
- Triptych
- Latest
- This Is Why We Lied (2024)
- Setting
- Set in Atlanta
The reading order
Every Will Trent book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
12 books · Set in Atlanta
- 1Triptych2006With Will TrentIn Atlanta, a young woman is murdered, and GBI agent Will Trent investigates, together with an angry local detective and a former prisoner seeking the truth.Buy on Amazon
- 2Fractured2008With Will TrentA woman comes home to find her teenage daughter dead and a man standing over the body.Buy on Amazon
- 3Undone2009With Sara Linton and Will TrentA woman is hit by a car as she runs from the woods, and Sara, now an emergency room doctor in Atlanta, works with Will to find out what happened to her.Buy on Amazon
- 4Broken2010With Sara Linton and Will TrentSara returns to Grant County, where a young woman is found dead in the lake, and Will is sent to investigate.Buy on Amazon
- 5Fallen2011With Sara Linton and Will TrentFaith Mitchell’s mother is kidnapped, and Will and Sara race to find her.Buy on Amazon
- 6Criminal2012With Sara Linton and Will TrentA case in Atlanta reaches back to 1975, when Amanda Wagner was a young officer, and into Will’s own past.Buy on Amazon
- 7Unseen2013With Sara Linton and Will TrentWill goes undercover in Macon, in a case that touches Sara’s family.Buy on Amazon
- 8The Kept Woman2016With Sara Linton and Will TrentA former police officer is found dead at a building site owned by a sports star, and the case brings Will face to face with his past.Buy on Amazon
- 9The Last Widow2019With Sara Linton and Will TrentA scientist is abducted, and then bombs explode in Atlanta.Buy on Amazon
- 10The Silent Wife2020With Sara Linton and Will TrentA prisoner claims he was wrongly convicted of a murder in Grant County, a case Jeffrey Tolliver investigated years before.Buy on Amazon
- 11After That Night2023With Sara Linton and Will TrentA young woman Sara treats in the emergency room dies, and her case reaches into Sara’s own past.Buy on Amazon
- 12This Is Why We Lied2024With Sara Linton and Will TrentWill and Sara’s honeymoon at a remote mountain resort is interrupted by a murder.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with Triptych. The Grant County books come first if you want the full story of Sara Linton.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Will Trent | Sara Linton | Amanda Wagner | Faith Mitchell | Angie Polaski | Lena Adams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Triptych | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | |||
| 2 Fractured | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | ||
| 3 Undone | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 4 Broken | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 5 Fallen | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 6 Criminal | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | |
| 7 Unseen | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 8 The Kept Woman | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | |
| 9 The Last Widow | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ||
| 10 The Silent Wife | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | |
| 11 After That Night | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ||
| 12 This Is Why We Lied | LLead | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Will Trent books
7 characters from Karin Slaughter’s chart, with the number of Will Trent books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Will TrentGeorgia Bureau of Investigation special agent | 12 | Triptych 2006 |
| Sara LintonPaediatrician and medical examiner, later Will’s partner | 10 | Undone 2009 |
| Amanda WagnerWill’s boss at the GBI | 12 | Triptych 2006 |
| Faith MitchellWill’s GBI partner | 11 | Fractured 2008 |
| Angie PolaskiWill’s childhood friend and wife | 8 | Triptych 2006 |
| Lena AdamsGrant County detective | 3 | Broken 2010 |
| Michael OrmewoodAtlanta detective | 1 | Triptych 2006 |
Crossovers with Karin Slaughter’s other series
- Grant County: Sara Linton also appears in 6 of its books