A Faint Cold Fear - Karin Slaughter

A Faint Cold Fear is the third in a "series" of books featuring the same main characters. Namely, Chief Jeffrey Tolliver, his ex-wife (but who is seeing again) Sara, and his ex-police assistant Lena Adams. In this book Lena has resigned under pressure from the police force following her total personality change after a particularly horrendous attack on her. She is now working for the security on the local college campus and when one of the students takes a leap from a bridge into a dusty river bed, she meets up with her ex-chief, Tolliver at the scene. Sara, in her role as county coroner also attends the scene but happens to have her ...  Read the complete review

--*Karin Slaughter- the woman behind the books*-- Karin Slaughter was brought up in Atlanta, Georgia where she bases her novels and according to her website she spends most of her time split between the kitchen and the living room (sounds like my type of woman!). --* A Faint Cold Fear*-- This is the third book in Karin Slaughters Grant County series preceded by Kisscut. Heartsdales Paediatrician and part time coroner Sara Linton is happily out with her heavily pregnant sister Tessa when she is called by her ex husband but current lover Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver to the apparent suicide of a boy at the local college campus. When they ...  Read the complete review

Introduction Before I read Karin Slaughter’s first book, Blindsighted, I had read a lot of reviews saying that she was the next Patricia Cornwell or Kathy Reichs. I could see where they were coming from – Blindsighted introduces a new female heroine who works as a medical examiner on some of the most gruesome deaths imaginable and was also very well-written. So I had high expectations of A Faint Cold Fear, the third in the series. It certainly started well; unfortunately the ending just wasn’t realistic enough for me. It is still a powerful book though and worth the read if you like crime fiction that is raw and shocking. The author Karin Slaughter ...  Read the complete review

I am a recent convert to Slaughter and so far cannot get enough after the disapointing turn that patrica cornwell seems to have taken with one of my previous favourite characters,Kay Scarpetta. Starting with Blindsighted,this series kicked off with a bang when it featured a paticulary gruesome murder discovered in the local diner by part-time town pathologist and full-time pediatrician,sara linton.Along with her ex-husband,police chief jeffrey tolliver,sara was able to track down the killer but a series of victims were left emotionally and physically hurt in the wake.... Next came Kisscut which was equally as shocking and uncomfortable and took many ...  Read the complete review