A Faint Cold Fear

A Grant County Thriller

Karin Slaughter

464 Pages

On-Sale Date: 21/07/2026

ISBN: 9780063477872

Trim Size: 1.000in x 1.000in x 1.000in

$19.99

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The third thrilling Grant County novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Karin Slaughter, featuring Sara Linton of the acclaimed Will Trent Series.

“A fearless writer…One of the boldest thriller writers working today.”— New York Times bestselling author, Tess Gerritsen “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.

Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty- five novels, including the Edgar nominated Cop Town and standalone novels Pretty Girls and False Witness. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her, based on her novel, debuted at #1 worldwide on Netflix as an original series in 2022. Her bestselling thriller series, Will Trent, is now a television and streaming sensation in its 4th season. The Good Daughter will soon be a limited series starring Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy, and further projects are currently in development for film/TV. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.

“Simply one of the best thriller writers working today.” — Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl

“An impressive…landmark on the thriller map.” — Val McDermid

“Slaughter knows exactly how a crime scene looks and exactly how much it hurts to lose a loved one… For [her] haunted characters, as for Faulkner’s, the past not only isn’t dead, it isn’t even past.” — Hollywood Reporter

“This is a fantastic book. The writing is superb…The mystery is a mind–bender and its architect a master. Everything here rings true and is for that reason satisfying, even when disturbing. And disturbing it is on occasion…Much more provocative, however, is the portrayal of the damage that can be done to the very heart and soul. DON’T MISS THIS BOOK.” — Deadly Pleasures magazine

“This is one of those rare books that keeps delivering surprises right up to the very last page.” — San Francisco Chronicle