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A Faint Cold Fear: A Grant County Thriller (Grant County Thrillers) Mass Market Paperback – August 25, 2015

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The third book in Karin Slaughter’s acclaimed Grant County Series.

“[A] page-turner . . . Slaughter’s plot has more twists than a Slinky factory and the characters’ relationships are sharply drawn.”
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“Scary, shocking and perfectly suspenseful.”
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Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, GA, 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 eager 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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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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow; Reissue edition (August 25, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062385410
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062385413
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.19 x 7.5 inches
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Karin Slaughter is the author of more than twenty instant NEW YORK TIMES bestselling novels, including the Edgar–nominated COP TOWN and standalone novels THE GOOD DAUGHTER, PRETTY GIRLS, and GIRL, FORGOTTEN. She is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. PIECES OF HER is a #1 Netflix original series starring Toni Collette. The Will Trent Series is on ABC (and streaming on Hulu in the U.S, and Disney+ internationally). THE GOOD DAUGHTER and FALSE WITNESS are in development for film/tv. Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.

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Phil in Magnolia
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling; particularly excellent character development for the principal female characters
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016
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This is the third of Karin Slaughter's series of novels set in Heartsdale, Georgia and with the principal cast of characters including the doctor and part-time coroner Sara Linton, the chief of police Jeffrey Tolliver (her ex-husband), and Lena Adams who is on-again and off-again as a detective on the police force and a subordinate of Tolliver.

These stories contain what I feel are the most fully developed female characters for this type of police procedural or mystery story, at least in my personal experience. This also brings an extra layer of depth to the story since the characters have more complicated feelings and behaviors than usually found in novels, sympathetically portrayed but also pulling no punches in exposing their strengths and weaknesses. Lena Adams in particular is haunted by violence in her past, and can be self-destructive in her reactions to others in her life.

At the time of the story in this book 3 of the series, Lena Adams is not with the police force, having left under some pressure from Tolliver, and is making do as a campus security officer at the local college. When a series of deaths take place, all connected to the college and the first appearing to be a suicide but quickly followed by several others that seem to the police to surely be linked if only the connection can be found, Adams finds herself right in the middle of the violence but no longer a police officer and able to participate fully in the investigations. As a result and showing her frustration with her own personal situation, she not only does not cooperate with the police but then finds herself under consideration as one of the suspects. When Sara Linton's own sister is also attacked early in the story, the personal tensions for Sara and her parents become almost unbearable.

This is an enjoyable series that I have enjoyed very much, along with Karin Slaughter's other novels (the Will Trent series is equally excellent, along with her novel Cop Town which was the first of her novels that I read). The books in the Grant County series are:

-  Blindsighted  -- Grant County Thriller #1
-  Kisscut  -- Grant County Thriller #2
-  A Faint Cold Fear  -- Grant County Thriller #3
-  Indelible  -- Grant County Thriller #4
-  Faithless  -- Grant County Thriller #5
-  Beyond Reach  (also called Skin Privilege) -- Grant County Thriller #6

I have enjoyed reading all of these stories from Karin Slaughter and will continue to look forward to new releases from her.
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Pisces51
4.0 out of 5 stars STAGED SUICIDES, RIDDLES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND PERFECT STORMS---SLAUGHTER STRIKES AGAIN!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018
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A FAINT COLD FEAR By Karin Slaughter
MY REVIEW FOUR STARS****

This novel is the third installment in the author's GRANT COUNTY series, and unfortunately for me I am reading her books in reverse order. I have read the WILL TRENT series (with the exception of THE KEPT WOMAN), and thus have knowledge of the different character's arcs and how their various destinies intertwine and individual futures play out, etc.

I wish I had read the GRANT COUNTY books first, but hindsight is 20/20 and whine, whine, whine. Having said that, I have been pondering whether my enjoyment (and critique) of the GRANT COUNTY books is being adversely effected by the fact that the WILL TRENT series simply "knocked my socks off". Before I digress, and start writing a novella on how much I love Slaughter's work in general and Will Trent (and the fictional characters in his universe) in particular, I need to (at least try) to focus on the task at hand.

First of all, in my opinion A FAINT COLD FEAR was not exactly "gripping" right out of the gate,
and when one considers the shocking brutal attack on Sara's sister Tess during the opening pages that is saying a lot. It never occurred to me until just recently that the author created strong female leads in both of her book series that were the very antithesis of one another---Sara and Lena in the case of the GRANT COUNTY BOOKS. I enjoyed Slaughter's debut novel BLINDSIGHTED quite a bit, at least in part because of my medical background and the intriguing originality of the killer's exploitation of the drug belladonna. In KISSCUT, it was Lena's character that came across for me as the most compelling.

Ironically, then, it is again Lena that holds the reins as this reader gallops into the storyline of A FAINT COLD FEAR. The emphasis feels solidly on the character of Lena Adams for nearly the first quarter of the book. More specifically the novel implores the reader to remember the horror that Lena was forced to endure at the sadistic hands and fiendish imagination of our devious sexual predator in BLINDSIGHTED. The author forces us to see Lena's plight through the eyes of the other main characters to "bring it home" to us just how devastating this ordeal truly was for Lena.

Following the discovery of the staged suicide of our first victim and the surprising murder attempt on Sara's sister Tess, I found myself staring at a huge blank canvas with mostly just huge bloody question marks. The story fleshes out the damaged psyche of ex-Detective Adams while the plot trudges forward with a rising body count of seemingly unrelated victims. Jeffrey appears to be singing a Bob Dylan song ("Blowing In The Wind") while the cops just scratch their heads trying to make sense out of the victims, possible motives, and potential suspects. We start to feel a lot of emotions----about the tragedy of spousal abuse, the often fatal outcomes associated with battered wife syndrome, the sheer senselessness of hate crimes, intolerance toward minorities, the pervasive drug culture in our institutions of learning---well, pretty dark and abysmal stuff. But then, that is Slaughter's wheelhouse.

The violent crimes that Jeffrey and his small force are attempting to solve take a back seat to relationships in this installment of the GRANT COUNTY series.

I found the interactions between Sara and Jeffrey increasingly intriguing in this book, particularly after the couple attempting to close the distance in the novel preceding this one (KISSCUT). The realism was hard-hitting and felt genuine. Slaughter is an absolute master of the game when it comes to creating fictional characters who seem real enough to walk straight out of the pages of her narration. The other relationship is the toxic mix of Lena and Ethan, a "perfect storm". I reflected that the reiteration and explicit recall of Lena's life-altering trauma was perhaps a bridge to carry the reader to a complete comprehension of her vulnerability and falling prey to a violent racist and control freak like Ethan.

This was an intricately plotted thriller from Slaughter and I was particularly impressed with the author's skill in handling "the big reveal", and also in tying up "loose ends". The manner in which the end of the novel was deftly handled was quite satisfying for me and although I will acknowledge that this installment was perhaps the least suspenseful of the three in this series I have read thus far, I would still recommend the book without hesitation. Karin Slaughter is quite simply one of the best story tellers who is writing today.
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Katherine Hackbart
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! A Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024
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I really enjoy Karin Slaughter’s books and this one does not disappoint. There are lots of plot turns and twists. I was left stunned by the ending.
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M. Emrich
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2020
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I'm a big fan of Karin Slaughter. All of her characters are fully developed and Grant County seems like a real place. However, this novel left me with the feeling it was rushed, like perhaps the author was simply fulfilling the third installment of a three-book deal. There was some shoe-horning of the plot, forcing square pegs into round holes, which doesn't usually happen in Slaughter's books. Without going into details (this is a review, not a book report), the author contrived a 'conflict' between two of the main characters, a conflict that helped move the story along but which was totally unbelievable. These two characters have had issues in previous novels, so I understand there'd be some tension between them, but the author's contrivances in this novel seemed like just that, contrivances.
Also, the character eventually revealed as the killer was totally improbable. I'd figured it out early, since there seemed to be no other reason for that character to be in the book, but it just didn't add up. His backstory came out all out once and was as credible as trump's saying Covid-19 was a hoax.
If you've enjoyed the first two Grant County novels, as I have, and want to continue reading the series in order, I can tell you that they do get better (I read this book out of sequence). Simply read some of the other reviews here, the ones that come off as book reports and basically rehash the entire story, and you'll know the outcome; then you can move on to The Good Daughter, which is a much better novel. Also, if you haven't read Cop Town, also by Slaughter, I highly recommend that book. It's outstanding (and not part of the Grant County series). This one, not so much.
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shan
5.0 out of 5 stars love this series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2024
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I Can’t stop reading this series, I just love the characters and the story lines keep you hooked, Karin slaughter knows how to captivate the audience
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5.0 out of 5 stars C'est toujours très bon
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2017
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Another great book by Karin Slaughter! I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read more and finish the different series of books. I recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense, mystery and a wee bit of love.
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Khushi
4.0 out of 5 stars No 1 Bestseller and Karin Slaughter books are a must read
Reviewed in India on January 25, 2018
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Great Crime Thriller.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 和訳されていないので
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グラント郡シリーズは3冊目迄しか翻訳されていないし、トレント捜査官の方ではサラが登場する「ハンティング」に至るまではかなりの変化がありそうなので飛ばすわけにもいかないので原書で読むことにした。英語だと3週間近くかかっちゃうんだよねorz
さて、冒頭から大きな変化がレナにある。彼女は前作での状況に耐えきれずに警察を辞めて大学の警備員へと転職していた。飛び降り自殺と思われる死体の発見に始まり、テッサに大きな事件が起こるわ、死体発見者が自殺に見せかけた他殺死体で見つかるわで、連続殺人が大学キャンパス内で起こるという田舎町とは思えない物騒な展開を見せる。レナにはネオナチらしき大学生が近づくし、別の事件で容疑者扱いされるし、サラも妹が入院するアトランタと往復を強いられるしジェフリーとは険悪になるし・・・
相変わらず複雑な人間関係（今回は親子関係も含めて）を描きつつ、サラの色恋沙汰を見せるところは、やはり、女性作家ならではの展開か？　
女性の視線からのモノの見方が前面に出ている本シリーズは、おっさんには新鮮です。英語でも解剖用語が辞書を引かないと解りませんが、それ以外は難解な言い回しはなく（むしろ、口語に慣れていない方がやっかいかもww）英検2級程度の読解力で十分に読めると思いますので、グラント郡シリーズを完結されてから「ハンティング」に進みたい方は是非。
一点、気になるのは散弾銃のレミントン870の扱い。大学の射撃部でスキートをやろうって人がポンプ銃を使うとは思えない。確かに、スキートはトラップと違ってポンプ銃でも可能ですが競技としてやろうという人は上下二連を必ず使います。その点だけは銃の描写に特に問題ないスロターとしてはおかしいなと。
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