A Faint Cold Fear

A Faint Cold Fear

by KarinSlaughter (Author)

Synopsis

The third Grant County novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues - and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal - but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up. Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. For Sara, the violence strikes far too close to home. And as Jeffrey pursues the sadistic killer, he discovers that ex-police detective Lena Adams, now a security guard on campus, may be in possession of crucial information. But, bruised and angered by her expulsion from the force, Lena seems to be barely capable of protecting herself, let alone saving the next victim...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 23 Jun 2011

ISBN 10: 0099553074
ISBN 13: 9780099553076
Book Overview: The third Grant County novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller.

Media Reviews
An impressive new landmark on the thriller map. --Val McDermid
Hard to imagine that such a quiet shy girl as Slaughter harbors so fiendish a heart. In Kisscut, Georgia pediatrician Sara Linton and her ex, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, are caught up in an evil web along with Detective Lena Adams. It begins with a young girl who commits suicide by forcing Jeffrey to shoot her down. Horrified, he's desperate to determine why. Sara, not just the dead Jenny's doctor but also the town's coroner, does the autopsy and makes a horrible discovery: Jenny had been rudely castrated. Lena, wrestling with her own dark demons, joins in an investigation worthy of Andrew Vachs. Man, Kisscut is a killer book, savage but exciting, a strong follow-up to Slaughter's debut in Blindsighted. --Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
Slaughter spares no details...engrossing. --The Mirror (London)
An engrossing work, with a well-drawn cast of characters and a nicely tuned plot --Irish Times
A fast-paced thriller for those not faint of heart. --Library Journal
Few young writers show more promise than the thirty-year-old Slaughter. She writes...with skill, anger, sensitivity, and compassion. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Combines the best elements of a noir thriller and the Southern Gothic tradition complete with a brooding atmosphere. --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
This is one of those rare books that keeps delivering surprises right up to the very last page. --San Francisco Chronicle
Engrossing... [with] meticulous characterizations. --People
Author Bio
International bestseller Karin Slaughter grew up in a small south Georgia town and has been writing since she was a child. She is the author of fourteen books that have sold over 30 million copies worldwide in 32 languages. She lives in Atlanta. To find out more about Karin Slaughter visit her website at www.karinslaughter. com or catch up with her on www.facebook.com/AuthorKarinSlaughter