A Faint Cold Fear : A Novel [Paperback]

Karin Slaughter (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 499 pages
• Publisher: Arrow (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099445328
• ISBN-13: 978-0099445326
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 1.2 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #698,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karin Slaughter is a New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author. She is a native of Georgia.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not A Comfortable Read, September 24, 2004

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This review is from: A Faint Cold Fear : A Novel (Paperback)

There is a cluster of suicides at a college in a small town in Georgia. Dr. Sara Linton is a pediatrician and part time medical examiner for the county and her ex-husband is the police chief. They begin the investigation, then Sara's sister is viciously attacked and the suicides are starting to look suspicious. They may be homicides. Some of the characters that people this book are pretty strange. I didn't realize this was a continuation in a series until I was well into the story. Maybe I would have had more sympathy for the reoccurring characters if I had read the previous books. I had a problem believing in Sara Linton as a doctor. I may be unfairly comparing her character to that of Gwen Hunter's Dr. Rhea Lynch who seems to me a very competent doctor. There are several very graphic descriptions of the crime scenes and some fairly explicit sex scenes, that might not be for everyone. This was not a comfortable read. But, like a particularly bad car accident, it was hard to look away.