A Faint Cold Fear

By: Karin Slaughter

Narrated by: Kathleen Early

Gillian Flynn says, "Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today."

An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent "suicides" suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia—a nightmare that is coming to prey on Sara Linton's loved ones.

A small town is being transformed into a killing ground. And the key to a sadistic murderer's motive and identity may be held in the unsteady hands of a campus security guard—a former police detective driven from the force by the hellish memories that will never leave her. Lena Adams survived the unthinkable and has paid a devastating price. Now the survival of future victims may depend upon her ... when she can barely protect herself.

Great performance

As stated above this was a great performance by all involved. Ms Slaughter keeps you guessing and the reading is on the point. Keep up the good work and I look forward to hearing the next book by Ms Slaughter.

It grows like a vine

I was interested from the start. Karin Slaughter does a wonderful job taking multiple events and creating one conclusion ; making the reader informed but the characters none the wiser until the end.

Cold ending

Interesting story, bad ending, good mystery but have read better.
This is the ending of my review

This one was tense!

Fantastic listen. Amazing plot and storyline with an excellent narrator! Worth every penny. Definitely recommend.

Great series

I really have enjoyed the Grant series so far. This book was filled with mystery and questions which I really enjoyed and the ending was a bit surprising. The only thing I had a little trouble with was keeping all the names of characters in order. There were a lot of characters introduced. So it did get a little confusing at some parts.

The performance was great! Kathleen Early really gets into character and makes the story easy to listen too.

Just a warning these books can trigger a lot of feelings for people, there is rape, murder, suicide, kidnapping, abuse, and heavy language. Read at your own risk.

not my favorite but was ok

story line was not as great as the others I have read from Karen Slaughter. over all it wasnt bad just not great

Some things left unfinished

A lot of reviews mentioned that the book was primarily about Lena Adams, but that wasn’t entirely true. Slaughter does seem to attempt to help Lena process her trauma, which I think previous reviewers have neglected to notice. One of the things about trauma like Lena’s is that it doesn’t just go away when other people think it should. Yes., she is self destructive, but only because prior to the rape she didn’t/couldn’t understand why anyone would continue to have lasting grief over a sexual assault. The truth is Lena is changing/learning gradually how to cope. As for the book, it’s not the best, I hate what happens to Tessa, but I think part of Slaughters success in thrillers is that no character is immune to the horrors of what could happen. One review even mentioned that they hated how main characters always ended up victims in Slaughters’ books. My response to that...no one is immune to something just because you may wish they were. I didn’t love this, but it has its place.

Another Dark & Gritty Slaughter Masterpiece!

The third installment in the Grant County series, A Faint Cold Fear, does not disappoint! It begins with the murder of a college student on the local college campus that at first appears to be a suicide. Summoned to the scene, Sara feels things look a bit off. While they are combing the crime scene, another horrific crime occurs that hits too close to home. The repercussions of this will damage her burgeoning relationship with Jeffrey as well as with her family.

Lena Adams, former police detective, is now a campus security guard and on the sidelines of the case infuriating Jeffrey, who has not forgiven her for leaving the force. Lena is her usual angry and disruptive self, but she wants to earn her way back by solving the case. Unfortunately, she is still in a vulnerable place from earlier tragedies and most likely suffering from PTSD and related mental health issues. Lena is more likely to need rescuing herself than to be of any meaningful help.

More questionable suicides follow, and the race is on to find the brutal killer. As usual, this book was a nice mix of dark, gritty crime, brilliant detective work, and ongoing relationship issues. In other words, it was an excellent read. I listened to this via Audible, and once again, the narrator, Kathleen Early, did an exceptional job. I gave it four stars.

Great story!

I’m addicted to this series. Very suspenseful and well written, there’s a surprise around every corner….

kept me vested

I liked this story. I enjoyed the plot twists. overall, a good listen. need to finish the rest of the books in the series to give a more accurate review.