A Faint Cold Fear

A Novel

By: Karin Slaughter

Narrated by: Dana Ivey

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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.” —People, starred review

“Scary, shocking and perfectly suspenseful.” —BookPage

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.

got duped by Narrator - this is NOT Kathleen Early

I wasted 6 chapters listening to this second rate narrator, Dana Ivey. Why they made two different audibles beats me but don't waste your time and go download the Kathleen Early version of the book if you're going to listen to it. Dana is completely inconsistent, not only does she bleed voices into one another so you can't even tell when there's a character change in a simple conversation but she also bleeds tone, articulation and mannerisms from one person to another and doesn't catch herself until about a quarter of the way into the dialogue so its so hard to follow and when you finally do, always noticing it is so distracting it takes away from the read. the editors should be fired for releasing this audio as a final product.. and the weird music intros at the beginning of the chapters are so low rent it's comical.. c'mon.. give me a break .. bring Kathleen Early back to show you how a professional does it.

Good Listen

Have enjoyed the series. The narrator is easy to listen to. Overall it was enjoyable.

okay

Choppy between chapters. The beginning and end were missing. Also the audio was fuzzy. The Male characters were also not as good as could be.

Good book, wrong narrator

The plot is good but the narrator takes away from the story. Listened to it for as long as I could. Will read the book.

Details, details, details

Would you try another book from Karin Slaughter and/or Dana Ivey?

yes

If you’ve listened to books by Karin Slaughter before, how does this one compare?

not accurate on the details

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

the narrator's voice did not vary enough by character

Was A Faint Cold Fear worth the listening time?

yes

Any additional comments?

large problem with the second suicide victim, as the author confused rifle/shotgun bullet/shell. 20 and 12 gauges are shotguns, not rifles. Shotguns discharge shells loaded with shot. Rifles discharge bullets. made the rest of the story hard to listen to as I was constantly looking/listening for other gaffes.