A Faint Cold Fear
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A Faint Cold Fear is the third novel in the Grant County
series by author Karin Slaughter
. It was originally published in hardback in 2003. Previous books in the series are Blindsighted
, and Kisscut
. It features the characters Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena Adams, and Sara Linton.
with her pregnant sister Tessa, Sara is called to meet Jeffrey at the scene of an apparent suicide
on campus property, a suicide they both later agree seems suspicious though they can't quite put their fingers on why. Tessa asks to go along and Sara, against her better judgment, allows it. As Sara is examining the body, Tessa walks into the woods to relieve herself. Also on hand are Lena, who's quit the force and now works for campus security, and her new boss, steroidal creep Chuck Gaines. Chuck identifies the victim as the son of two campus professors, a development sure the complicate the case exponentially for Jeffrey. When Tessa doesn't come out of the woods, a search finds her stabbed repeatedly and barely alive; she's airlifted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta. While Sara and her parents wait tensely by Tessa's bedside, Jeffrey and Lena work the case while at each other's throats over Lena's decision to quit the force. Another suicide occurs, more suspicious than the last, and as Lena spirals farther out of control with alcohol and drugs, she makes a fateful and perhaps fatal connection with student Ethan Green, who is not what he appears to be.
Grant County, Georgia
Grant County, Georgia, is a fictional place used for the settings of Karin Slaughter's novels. The main characters in these novels are Sara Linton, Jeffrey Tolliver, and Lena Adams. The Grant County books are Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear, Indelible, Faithless, and Beyond Reach....
series by author Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter
-Personal Life:Karin Slaughter is an American crime writer, whose first novel Blindsighted became an international success, was published in almost 30 languages, and made the Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Award shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001.Fractured, the second novel in the...
. It was originally published in hardback in 2003. Previous books in the series are Blindsighted
Blindsighted
Blindsighted , is an award winning New York Times and Times bestseller psychological thriller novel, by author Karin Slaughter. It is the first of the Grant County, Georgia Series of books. It became an instant international success and was published in 23 different countries.It introduces the...
, and Kisscut
Kisscut
Kisscut is the second book in the Grant County series by author Karin Slaughter. It was originally released in hardback in 2002. The previous book in the series is Blindsighted...
. It features the characters Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena Adams, and Sara Linton.
Plot summary
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with her pregnant sister Tessa, Sara is called to meet Jeffrey at the scene of an apparent suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
on campus property, a suicide they both later agree seems suspicious though they can't quite put their fingers on why. Tessa asks to go along and Sara, against her better judgment, allows it. As Sara is examining the body, Tessa walks into the woods to relieve herself. Also on hand are Lena, who's quit the force and now works for campus security, and her new boss, steroidal creep Chuck Gaines. Chuck identifies the victim as the son of two campus professors, a development sure the complicate the case exponentially for Jeffrey. When Tessa doesn't come out of the woods, a search finds her stabbed repeatedly and barely alive; she's airlifted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta. While Sara and her parents wait tensely by Tessa's bedside, Jeffrey and Lena work the case while at each other's throats over Lena's decision to quit the force. Another suicide occurs, more suspicious than the last, and as Lena spirals farther out of control with alcohol and drugs, she makes a fateful and perhaps fatal connection with student Ethan Green, who is not what he appears to be.
Sources
- New Mystery Reader review and interview
- Official Karin Slaughter website page
- Reading Group Guides page on A Faint Cold Fear
- BookReporter.com review
- Amazon page on A Faint Cold Fear
- Romantic Times