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She rescued two greyhounds, Billy and Bob, who are the laziest things…working to make up for all those years racing around a track. The Charactersĭr Sara Linton is the medical examiner for Grant County and the town’s pediatrician who is dating her ex-husband. Jeffrey has his own issues with the angry yet vulnerable Lena with the crucial knowledge she may have but refuses to give up. It’s the attacks on women though that set Sara off, for it’s a violence that brings back her own traumas, exacerbated by the danger to her sister, Tessa. Too bad for the college that neither Sara nor Jeffrey will accept that either death is a suicide. The StoryĪ suspicious suicide followed by another forces Dr Sara Linton and Chief Jeffrey Tolliver into contact with former detective Lena Adams, who is now in a security job at the college. I can’t wait to get started on the next story. I like the complexity of the characters and yet Grant County has a warm vibe in its small-town life.
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It’s weird to say this about a thriller, but it’s cozy. Hmmm, I should say the two shocker endings, both of which involve Lena. That reason Slaughter gives about why Jeffrey was hired as chief of police ends up funny with that comment about “would have taken up goat sacrifices”, *laughing*. It doesn’t help that she’s drinking all that alcohol. She must have a real hate on for herself. ‘Cause, lemme tell ya, they’re not what I would expect from Lena. He does add quite a bit of drama to the story, and perhaps the plan is for his behavior to showcase Lena’s reactions.
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The introduction of Ethan’s character is an oddity, and I’m curious as to why Slaughter introduced him. It’s their frustrations with each other that enriches this as those tensions spread out into their relationships with others. Each has their own issues which adds to the story’s tensions and makes it all the more interesting. The major conflict is that between Jeffrey and Lena. Starting to wonder if I’d get to the obvious conflict in the story, weren’t you? Well, you might think these murders would be the primary conflict. The attentions of a former beau that settle Sara’s mind. There are other useful insights, and not all of them are positive, as in Sara’s realization about her parents as she recognizes them at the hospital. It’s that quick mind of hers that he regrets the most. I do appreciate the regrets? appreciations? that Jeffrey expresses about Lena’s having left. ”You sowed enough wild oats before we were married to qualify for farm subsidies.” Although, his jealousy does rise up when Mason shows up, but I absolutely loved Sara’s comeback: Jeffrey, on the other hand, is very aware of how much he screwed up and is determined to make up for all of it. ”He liked so much that Sara must have sensed it they spent the majority of their time together at his house.” For Sara may be dating and still attracted to her ex, but she’s being very careful: He has a lot of growing to do, lots to make up for. It adds to the character arc Sara is undergoing, one that includes Jeffrey. It’s the assault she experienced that weighs on her and changed her life so dramatically. So far, Sara’s work as a pediatrician simply adds depth and color to her character. Characters who bluster their way through the action, refusing to listen to each other, the exaggerated animosity and overreactions between Lena and Jeffrey, Ethan’s over-the-top approach to Lena, the guilty tension between Sara and her parents, the lies told, the expectations of some that the other involved will back them up, and the lesser drama between Sara and the Jeffrey who wants her back. Events that bring past memories brutally to life for Sara and Lena. With Slaughter using multiple third person point-of-view, we experience the thoughts and actions of a variety of characters as well as the events in which they’re involved. This is some complex story what with all the tension and drama happening between and with the core characters.
#KARIN SLAUGHTER COLD COLD HEART SERIES#
Third in the Grant County thriller series set in Heartsdale, Georgia, and revolving around Dr Sara Linton and Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver. Published by HarperCollins on October 13, 2009Īlso in this series: MatchUp, Blindsighted, KisscutĪlso by this author: Kisscut, Indelible, Triptych, Faithless, Beyond Reach, Blindsighted, Triptych, Fractured, Undone, Broken, "Snatched", Criminal, "Busted", Unseen, "Cleaning the Gold", The Silent Wife, Blindsighted, Kisscut This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
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I received this book for free from my own shelves in exchange for an honest review.