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About the Author

Karin Slaughter is the #1 international bestseller of several novels, including the Grant County series. A long-time resident of Atlanta, she splits her time between the kitchen and the living room.

Praise for A Faint Cold Fear…

“An engrossing work, with a well–drawn cast of characters and a nicely tuned plot”
-Irish Times

“Few young writers show more promise than the thirty-year-old Slaughter. She writes…with skill, anger, sensitivity, and compassion.”
-Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“A fast–paced thriller for those not faint of heart.”
-Library Journal

“Engrossing… [with] meticulous characterizations.”
-People

“Slaughter spares no details…engrossing.”
-The Mirror (London)

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

“Combines the best elements of a noir thriller and the Southern Gothic tradition complete with a brooding atmosphere.”
-Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

“An impressive new landmark on the thriller map.”
-Val McDermid

“Hard to imagine that such a quiet shy girl as Slaughter harbors so fiendish a heart. In Kisscut, Georgia pediatrician Sara Linton and her ex, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, are caught up in an evil web along with Detective Lena Adams. It begins with a young girl who commits suicide by forcing Jeffrey to shoot her down. Horrified, he’s desperate to determine why. Sara, not just the dead Jenny’s doctor but also the town’s coroner, does the autopsy and makes a horrible discovery: Jenny had been rudely castrated. Lena, wrestling with her own dark demons, joins in an investigation worthy of Andrew Vachs. Man, Kisscut is a killer book, savage but exciting, a strong follow–up to Slaughter’s debut in Blindsighted.”
-Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen Bookstore