![]() A vivid literary style lifts this well above the usual run of suspense novels. ![]() The damp Portland locale calls to mind the kind of Pacific Northwest darkness associated with Ted Bundy and Kurt Cobain. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Heartsick by Chelsea Cain Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell Book Series at the best online. The suspense builds as the narrative shifts between Sheridan’s new case and his ordeal with Lowell, who in her own way is as memorable a villain as Hannibal Lecter. Covering the crimes is reporter Susan Ward, a smart-alecky punk with pink hair and authority issues. ![]() When someone starts dumping the bodies of teenage girls around Portland, Ore., after soaking them in tubs of bleach, Archie Sheridan, a police detective addicted to pain killers, turns for help to Gretchen Lowell, an imprisoned serial killer who once tortured him (the big scar on his chest “was shaped like a heart”). It can easily read as a pale comparison due to its similar premise of ‘use captured serial killer to help capture. The problem here is stepping too close to its original model The Silence of the Lambs. ) puts a fresh spin on a scenario familiar to fans of Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs Heartsick is a gruesome read that reaches dizzying heights and equally brutal lows with its well-versed characters and likeable serial killer. ![]() In this outstanding thriller, the first in a new series, Cain ( Confessions of a Teen Sleuth ![]()
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