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Skin Privilege

Grant County Series, Book 6

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The sixth Grant County novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller.

Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to forget her childhood in Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's made a new life for herself as a police detective in Heartsdale, a hundred miles away - but nothing could prepare her for the violence which explodes when she is forced to return. A vicious murder leaves a young woman incinerated beyond recognition. And Lena is the only suspect.

When Heartsdale police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena's boss, receives word that his detective has been arrested, he has no choice but to go to Lena's aid - taking with him his wife, medical examiner Sara Linton. But soon after their arrival, a second victim is found. The town closes ranks. And both Jeffrey and Sara find themselves entangled in a horrifying underground world of bigotry and rage - a violent world which shocks even them. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again?

‘I’d follow her anywhere’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ TESS GERRITSEN
‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ LEE CHILD

©2007 Karin Slaughter (P)2007 Random House AudioBooks

 Suspense Thriller & Suspense Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt Mind-bending Fiction Mystery

Critic reviews

If Gillian Flynn is an excellent debutante in that category of crime fiction, Karin Slaughter is the high mistress. No one does American small-town evil more chillingly ... Slaughter tells a dark story that grips and doesn't let go (Marcel Berlins)
Slaughter knows exactly when to ratchet up the menace, and when to loiter on the more personal and emotional aspects of the victims. Thoroughly gripping, yet thoroughly gruesome stuff
It's beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible. Who says there's anything peaceful and quiet about small-town America
On the strength of books that are relentlessly frightening, melodramatic and disgusting, she has become a mega-seller
Karin Slaughter's latest is bloody excellent.If forensic crime thrillers are your cup of tea, you'll be hard pressed to find better to take your jollies

The best thing in Skin Privilege is the picture of a town rigidly straight jacketed in its intolerance and bigotry. This is always a sure-fire recipe for crime thrillers - put your humanitarian, justice-minded coppers up against a community seething with hostility. It's not a new device but Slaughter knows how to ring the changes
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The book is good. Shame about the poor sound levels, skips in the recording and odd sound effects that broke me out of the narrative

shame about the poor recording

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I was gutted to find only one version with a voice which is very robotic. And a few skipping sentences too. Struggled to keep interest because of that. It was good, and the story was fine, I think I just listened to it because it was the next part of the series. Which is a shame because I've enjoyed all of them so far.

It was good but robotic voice 😐

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I don't know why there's odd sound effects over some parts of the story it was really annoying and at times completely inappropriate. I did love the story though

Sound effects

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Why was there random music blasting out over the narrator on occasion ….. very strange and a bit annoying

I enjoy this series but this narration was awful

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The music, the narration. Go back to his the other books were produced. If I’d listened to this first I wouldn’t listen to others. Suggest you pull this and go it properly

Good story but weird production

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