Unseen by Karin Slaughter

 

Things are not going well in Macon, Georgia.  A new drug lord has moved into the city and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations thinks he may have inflitrated the police department.  Will Trent has been sent there to work uncover after a tip from Lena Adams, the woman Will's girlfirend, Sarah Linton, blames for her husband's murder.  After Jeffrey was killed, Lena went to Macon and there she met and married Jeffrey's son, Jared.

Men break into Lena and Jared's house to kill them.  Lena manages to kill the men but not before Jared is shot with a shotgun.  Now he is in the ICU and Jared's mother has called Sarah to come to the hospital.  Lena is hiding a secret from the police with the help of a superior officer and that secret is bringing down more death and destruction.  The mayhem and the fact that Will has to be discreet about his undercover role causes issues between Will and Sarah.  Can Will bring down the drug dealing ring before it breaks up his relationship?

This is the seventh book in the Will Trent series.  The conflicts between Sarah and Will are getting a bit old as this book states that they have been together now for two years.  All of the uncertainty and secrets should have been resolved by now.  But the plot is tense and intricate and the resolution is satisfying.  Lena has been painted as a problem individual since she was first introduced and this book gives her back some of her humanity and a way for her to go forward into the future.  This book is recommended for mystery readers.