![]() ![]() The book opens with Detective Archie Sheridan's moments-too-late realization that he's fallen into the clutches of a serial killer, the beautiful, sociopathic Gretchen Lowell who has tortured to death 199 people and plans to make Archie number 200. Not only is this novel a real page turner, but it's also very well-written with characters you believe in and sympathize with, even when they're doing things you suspect are definitely not in their best interests. Serial killer stories are a dime a dozen but Chelsea Cain's HeartSick is a cut above the rest (no pun intended). I am looking forward to reading the next book which is Sweetheart. I was looking for a series that was similar to the Smoky Barret Series and it was very close. There were lots of twists, which made it a turn pager.Ī Good Reads friend recommended me this series. Chelsea Cain makes this subject matter very interesting and I couldn't put it down. Most mystery series have two names of detectives, this mystery is different in the fact that Gretchen Lowell is the killer and Archie Sheridan is the cop detective to solve the case. Will Archie ever get Gretchen out of his mind? Will these tortured victims ever come to an end? The next victim Archie is close too and he has to be fast before she ends up dead. There are lots of missing girls and Archie is trying to find the killer that Gretchen is using to torture more victims that she wants killed. Archie thinks Gretchen is beautiful and can not get his mind off of her. He ends up going on many trips to prison to talk to Gretchen to find out about where the bodies are located. He is now a cop and is in a search for the dead bodies that Gretchen has killed. Gretchen then ends up in prison.Īrchie is changed into a different person and is hooked on Vicodens. She let's Archie go and turns herself in. She tortures him for ten days, cutting his skin, then seduces him. ![]() She also has victims killing others, she had several of them.Īrchie Sheridan becomes one of her victims. She tortures her victims then kills them. ![]() This surely isn't for the faint of heart. I was not expecting the outcome of what the book was about. This book is definately different than other mysteries. I have to say I found a new author, Chelsea Cain. ![]()
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