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As Special Agent Faith Mitchell returned home from the conference that had run over by at least two hours, she tried to contact her mother, who was looking after Faith's baby daughter, Emma. Being unable to raise her, Faith became increasingly stressed and when she arrived at her mother's home, she was shocked to the core at what she found and at events that followed.

Faith's mother, Evelyn Mitchell, was retired from the Atlanta police force after an investigation put the members of her team in prison. Agent Will Trent was part of that investigation. Now he and Amanda Wagner, Will's boss and Evelyn's best friend, were tasked with finding Evelyn, hoping they weren't too late. Faith was suspended from the GBI after the questions that were fired at her when her mother disappeared, and the bodies that littered the home. Would they find Evelyn alive? And what was the motive for her kidnap? Will felt it was personal, Faith was keeping secrets and Dr Sara Linton wasn't sure what was going on...

Fallen is the 5th in the Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter and I was captivated by the fast pace, the full-on and extreme nature of the plot. The wild ride and the violence is part of this author's work - she brings it all to a close neatly. Recommended.