Fallen by Karin Slaughter 388 pages

Georgia Bureau of Investigations Agent Faith Mitchell arrives at her mother's house and finds the front door open and blood on the doorknob. Inside she finds a dead body and a hostage situation unfolding in the other room. However, her mother is nowhere in sight. When the scene turns even deadlier, Faith becomes a suspect and relies on her partner Will Trent and doctor Sara Linton to make sense of what happened at her mother's home. Will and Sara work with the GBA on a parallel investigation with the Atlanta PD which is not sharing crime scene information. Will and Sara’s attraction to each other grows and their brain storming about the case helps formulate theories on motives and suspects. The Faith and Will books by Slaughter are always fast paced and intriguing but Fallen seems to move more quickly than normal. Many threads are pulled and secrets revealed before the answers are found and everyone is safe.