A Faint Cold Fear

Oct 7, 2024 8:32 AM

Author:Karin Slaughter,Dana Ivey

A Faint Cold Fear

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...

Reviews

Another brilliant chilling tale from Slaughter

—— Heat

Chilling crime writing

—— OK!

Conan Doyle triumphed and triumphed deservedly, because he took his art seriously, because he lavished a hundred little touches of real knowledge and genuine picturesqueness on the police novelette

—— G.K. Chesterton

A wonderful Sherlock Holmes story from its sparkling first pages, through its vivid painting of darkest Dartmoor, its undertones of fear of the mind's depths, and on to the triumph of the rational

—— The Times

Good thrillers exist in a class of their own. The point of such a book is total escape and Tripwire fills the bill... includes a bang-up finale which makes the reader sit back and gasp with both wonder and understanding

—— Denver Post

Page for page, there's probably more fisticuffs in a Lee Child thriller than anywhere else

—— Chicago Tribune

Slaughter deftly turns all assumptions on their head ... Her ability to make you buy into one reality, then another, means that the suprises - and the violent scenes - keep coming

—— Time Out

No plodding, predictable plot lines here. A compelling exciting read

—— Sunday Express

A strong and uncompromising thriller

—— Good Book Guide

Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world

—— Ian Rankin

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