A Faint Cold Fear.

KARIN SLAUGHTER

Publication: Century, 2003, London

First edition. Signed. Fine in fine dust jacket. Medical examiner, Sara Linton, is called out to an apparent suicide at a local college, but the injuries don't add up to suicide. Two more suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. As Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver 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. Angered by her dismissal from the force, Lena offers little help.