Heartsick

Chelsea Cain

Sep 2008 · Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell Book 1 · Pan Macmillan

About this ebook

He thinks he sees a flash of emotion in her eyes. Sympathy?

Then it's gone. 'Whatever you think this is going to be like,' she whispers, 'it's going to be worse.'

When beautiful serial killer Gretchen Lowell captured her last victim - the man in charge of hunting her down - she quickly established who was really in control of the investigation. So why, after ten days of horrifying physical and mental torture, did she release Detective Archie Sheridan from the brink of death and hand herself in?

Two years on, Archie now returns to lead the search for a new killer, whose recent attacks on teenage girls have left the city of Portland reeling. Shadowed by vulnerable young reporter Susan Ward, Archie knows that only one person can help him climb into the mind of this psychopath. But can Archie finally manage to confront the demons of his past without being consumed by them?

'Dark, distressing and disturbing . . . Just pray you never meet Gretchen' Val McDermid

'What may be the creepiest serial killer ever created. This is an addictive read!' Tess Gerritsen

'Move over Thomas Harris, there's a new kid on the block . . . Compelling, highly believable and very sexy' Daily Mirror

Ratings and reviews

I just could not put this book down. The characters felt so real with their scars and all. It is just one of those books that grabs you and doesn't let go, I can't wait to read the next one.

Very good, a page turner, but I skipped some of the torture scenes. Didn't think those were necessary

Amazingly gorgeous book

About the author

CHELSEA CAIN’S first four novels featuring Archie Sheridan have all been New York Times bestsellers. The first two, Heartsick and Sweetheart, were listed in Stephen King’s Top Ten Books of the Year in Entertainment Weekly. Also the author of Confessions of a Teen Sleuth, a parody based on the life of Nancy Drew, and several nonfiction titles, she was born in Iowa, raised in Bellingham, Washington, and now lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.