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Skin Privilege

Grant County Series, Book 6

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Skin Privilege

By: Karin Slaughter
Narrated by: Joyce Bean
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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

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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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I love the Grant County series of books by Karin Slaughter, it's a good job really because if I didn't I'd have turned this performance off very quickly. The reader was good, she read clearly but large sections of the book were missed out, full pages just skipped, which made the story sound disjointed and awkward. There are also bizarre pieces of music played randomly over the words, they do t add anything to the story so I can't think why anyone decided it would be a good idea. what a shame, for the reader and the writer!

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I’ve read the previous instalments of these books in paperback but decided to try the audiobook version of this. As ever the story was good. I don’t think the narrator had the vocal range to cover off the male characters voices and so shouldn’t have bothered trying. The production quality is terrible. A fair few pops and clicks obscuring words and for some reason they felt the need to transition each chapter with a tune making the spoken word hard to hear.

Story good, narrator so-so, production quality awful

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Kept jumping and repeating but got the gist of the story. Disappointed as usually enjoy. Narrator not the best

Terrible editing

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I have been reading all books from the Grant County series where I have been invested in stories about Sarah and Leena. However, I couldn't wait for this book to end. I couldn't get used to the narrator who made unnatural voices, especially male ones and made it sound so dreadful I simply couldn't appreciate the story enough. Wouldn't be better to engage someone who had already read Karin's books to keep the consistency of the series?

Narrator killed the story for me

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I liked the book when I read it but listening to this audio version I sometimes didn't know where I was in the timelin and wondered if I'd dozed off for a minute or two.
The narrator had a nice voice and read well, and reading the other reviews I'm guessing it wasn't her fault

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