An apparent suicide becomes suspicious when Sara Linton’s sister, Tessa, is brutally attacked while the police investigate the scene nearby.  A second murder the next day at the local college, also staged as a suicide, puts police chief Jeffrey Tolliver on edge, believing there is a link between the three crimes.  When the investigation starts to lead to Lena Adams, Jeffrey’s former protege, it complicates things for all involved, making it unlikely they will be able to stop the killer before another body turns up.

A Faint Cold Fear is the third entry in Karin Slaughter’s older Grant County series.  Because I read the first two out of order, I couldn’t really remember where things left off with all of the characters.  With three more books to go in this series and a new Will Trent entry just released, there will be plenty of Slaughter to go around for the foreseeable future.