I borrowed this audiobook from the library.
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: July 31, 2007
Summary:
In a stifling jail cell in a hardscrabble Georgia town, Detective Lena Adams sits in stubborn silence: bruised, angry, and the only suspect in a horrific murder that left a woman incinerated beyond recognition. One hundred miles away, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver has gotten the call that his young detective has been arrested. Jeffrey’s wife, pediatrician and medical examiner Sara Linton, has little patience for Lena or her dramas. Fighting a heartbreaking malpractice suit, struggling to pick up the pieces of a shattered career, the last thing Sara needs is to see Jeffrey playing Lena’s knight in shining armor. Sara cannot guess that within days she herself will be at the center of a bizarre and murderous case.
Lena has fled back to the place where she grew up hard, careening back through the shadows of her past and into a shocking underground world of bigotry and rage. The man who raised her is slowly killing himself with drugs. The man who beguiled – and beat – her is reaching out from prison. And now only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies, betrayal, and brutality that has trapped her – as this powerhouse of a novel races toward its shattering climax…and a final, unforgettable twist.
My thoughts:
This is the 6th and final book in Karin Slaughter’s Grant County series…and OMG, I don’t even know how to review this final book. I feel like I have been gut-punched.
I’m so glad I decided to read this series before reading the Will Trent series…so much happens in these six books that build on Sara Linton’s character and set the stage for what is to come next. While I am very eager to jump into the Will Trent series, especially with the new book coming out in August, after all that happened in this book, I am going to need a bit of a breather. This one for sure was probably the most intense of the series…so much happens for everyone – Sara, Jeffrey and Lena – and yet, I feel that I can’t even say much for fear of getting into spoiler terrority. This one is filled with secrets and horror and while it is one I will not be getting out of my mind anytime soon, I do love the way it was structured, though I will say it took me a minute to figure it out, so pay attention!
Karin Slaughter continues to be one of my favorite writes and even these older books stand up to the test of time…they are dark and gritty, twisted reads but I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Audio thoughts:
Once again there was a different narrator for this installment and I wasn’t thrilled with the choice. It’s not that she did a bad job, it’s just that I was so used to Kathleen Early narrating this series. Joyce Bean is a good narrator, but she’s not Kathleen Early.
Books in this series (Grant County):
- Blindsighted
- Kisscut
- A Faint Cold Fear
- Indelible
- Faithless
- Beyond Reach
