Heartsick: A Thriller

Chelsea Cain

Sep 2007 · Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell Book 1 · Sold by Minotaur Books

About this ebook

Damaged Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped Archie and tortured him for ten days, but instead of killing him, she mysteriously decided to let him go. She turned herself in, and now Gretchen has been locked away for the rest of her life, while Archie is in a prison of another kind---addicted to pain pills, unable to return to his old life, powerless to get those ten horrific days off his mind. Archie's a different person, his estranged wife says, and he knows she's right. He continues to visit Gretchen in prison once a week, saying that only he can get her to confess as to the whereabouts of more of her victims, but even he knows the truth---he can't stay away.

When another killer begins snatching teenage girls off the streets of Portland, Archie has to pull himself together enough to lead the new task force investigating the murders. A hungry young newspaper reporter, Susan Ward, begins profiling Archie and the investigation, which sparks a deadly game between Archie, Susan, the new killer, and even Gretchen. They need to catch a killer, and maybe somehow then Archie can free himself from Gretchen, once and for all. Either way, Heartsick makes for one of the most extraordinary suspense debuts in recent memory.

Ratings and reviews

I felt like I was in the book. It was so in depth with the details that it played in my head like a movie. It sucked me right in from the moment I started reading it for the second time as I did many many years ago. I couldn't put the book down and read it in one day! I'm super exciting to see there are 5 more to go. Looks like I know what I will be doing when I take my vacation from work.

This review has 2 parts: English and Türkçe: English: Wow! This was my first book of Chelsea Cain, but I have strange and mixed feeling for this book. It completely thrilled me out with all of the psychological events. I wonder how can a human being be broken so deeply that he/she feels anything toward his/her killer/torturer. this book made me think about human psychology and how easy it could be to break someone into pieces. Getting back to the book, it was great experience for me to read such a book that I think is a "Masterpiece". despite that it made me fear of myself and thought about nature of a "Human", I really enjoyed it and absolutely recommend it to anyone, because it might be just a fictional novel, but I think it has something inside it to make you think about yourself. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Türkçe: yazardan okuduğum ilk kitaptı. bu kitaba karşı karışık duygularım var. kitabın ilk sayfasından beri gerilim ve korku içinde hissettim kendimi. Insan ne kadar güçlü ya ne kadar zayıf olabilir? bir insanı bin parçaya ayırmak için ne yapmak gerekir? hangi şartlar, nasıl bir ortam bir insanı katili ile yakınlaştırır? bir insan oğlu nasıl bir katile karşı sevgi ve şehvet besler? çok korkunç! bu kitabı okurken hep düşündüm durdum. biz, insanlar, böyle bir şey miyiz? bence hiç kimse insan doğasını tanıyamaz! bu kitap bir "Şaheser". gerilimle dolu bir insanın çöküşünü gösteren bir tiyatro sahnesi. bazı kitaplar böyle olurlar işte. kitaptan korktum mu, onu sevdim mi bilemiyorum. ama kesinnikle tavsiye ediyorum.

Serial killer book .The description of torture is what sets this apart. I read it in one day so it was a fast read. Not enough depth to make me suspend believe.

About the author

Chelsea Cain is the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Season, Evil at Heart, and Sweetheart. Both Heartsick and Sweetheart were listed in Stephen King's Top Ten Books of the Year in Entertainment Weekly. Chelsea lived the first few years of her life on an Iowa commune, then grew up in Bellingham, WA, where the infamous Green River killer was "the boogieman" of her youth. The true story of the Green River killer's capture was the inspiration for the story of Gretchen and Archie. Cain lives in Portland with her husband and daughter.