Skin Privilege

Grant County Series, Book 6

By: Karin Slaughter

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Brought to you by Penguin.


The sixth Grant County novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller.

Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to forget her childhood in Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's made a new life for herself as a police detective in Heartsdale, a hundred miles away - but nothing could prepare her for the violence which explodes when she is forced to return. A vicious murder leaves a young woman incinerated beyond recognition. And Lena is the only suspect.

When Heartsdale police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena's boss, receives word that his detective has been arrested, he has no choice but to go to Lena's aid - taking with him his wife, medical examiner Sara Linton. But soon after their arrival, a second victim is found. The town closes ranks. And both Jeffrey and Sara find themselves entangled in a horrifying underground world of bigotry and rage - a violent world which shocks even them. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again?

‘I’d follow her anywhere’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ TESS GERRITSEN
‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ LEE CHILD

©2007 Karin Slaughter (P)2007 Random House AudioBooks

Critic reviews

If Gillian Flynn is an excellent debutante in that category of crime fiction, Karin Slaughter is the high mistress. No one does American small-town evil more chillingly ... Slaughter tells a dark story that grips and doesn't let go (Marcel Berlins)

Slaughter knows exactly when to ratchet up the menace, and when to loiter on the more personal and emotional aspects of the victims. Thoroughly gripping, yet thoroughly gruesome stuff

It's beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible. Who says there's anything peaceful and quiet about small-town America

On the strength of books that are relentlessly frightening, melodramatic and disgusting, she has become a mega-seller

Karin Slaughter's latest is bloody excellent.If forensic crime thrillers are your cup of tea, you'll be hard pressed to find better to take your jollies

The best thing in Skin Privilege is the picture of a town rigidly straight jacketed in its intolerance and bigotry. This is always a sure-fire recipe for crime thrillers - put your humanitarian, justice-minded coppers up against a community seething with hostility. It's not a new device but Slaughter knows how to ring the changes

Odié esa música al final de los capítulos

Arruinó totalmente la experiencia de escuchar el cierre del libro ¡¿en qué estaban pensando?!
Veo mucha gente quejándose de la lectura, pero siento que no estuvo tan mal. Incluso su caracterización fue como una pista dentro de la trama...
Sólo esa musiquilla al final de los capítulos... no tiene nada que ver, qué horror.

horrible narration

I have gone through this series so quickly because of how amazing it is. however i found it really hard to enjoy this book do to the narration, it sounded computer like and there was a big differencene in the volume with the different voices. the music in the end and beginning of each chapter was weird and ofputting, didn't fit in at all. overall the book was good but made hard to enjoy by the poor narration

Narrator sucks

Love the books and the story but really can’t recommend this narration… Feels like a computer voice - really unpleasant to listen to.

Appalling quality

Penguin should be ashamed of themselves releasing an audiobook that sounds as if it was recorded in a tin shed with the narrator using gear cobbled together by stuff found at the local tip.
Often you can only hear one character during conversations. Random bits of music inappropriately matched to tone of story. Missing words, or, who knows, could be full paragraphs cut out. tried to get my money back to no avail. I don't know if the story was worth it or not because it was impossible to follow. Honestly, a truly sad way to finish listening to a series I had thoroughly enjoyed.
Skip the audio, buy the book instead.

Not great narrator tried her best, but couldn’t make it stick

I’m not sure why authors choose different narrators every single time they should choose one narrator and stick with him all the way through the story to me was not great nararation made it even worse