THE KEPT WOMAN is the eighth in Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series. I also read the first book (Triptych) in this series. Although I've read and enjoyed some of Slaughter's books outside this series, I won't be reading the other six books in this series.

Here's the simple reason why: Will Trent and his series concentrate too much on Angie Polanski. And that aggravates me.

Polanski is Trent's wife but not in the normal sense. She flits in and out of his life, and she just causes trouble. So how can such a character last? Yet seven books later, here she still is.

Trent is with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. He is investigating a case of apparent murder, with a couple of unidentified bodies. Throughout THE KEPT WOMAN it appears that Polanski is dead, then it doesn't, then it does, then it doesn't.

Will this series ever be rid of her?

I love Slaughter's writing and am anxious to read more of her books. But she has taken this Angie-Polanski-the-ball-buster theme too far. I'm sick of reading about her.

I won this book through librarylovefest.com.