Evil at Heart

In Chelsea Cain's Evil at Heart, the third installment in the Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell thriller series, this chillling cat-and-mouse game turns up the heat and ups the ante. For Archie Sheridan, he had spent his time in rehab for her pain killer addiction and healed for his wounds from his last encounter with Gretchen Lowell. But while he convalesced, he knows she's on the loose to kill again. But it wasn't for Susan Ward, his journalist friend, who discovered there's a wicked fan club of Gretchen online and a tour bus, too. When she discovers the ice cold crime scenes, they believed she was out there in Seattle. But when they went  undercover, they ran into someone known as Shark Boy, her number one fan, and Jeremy Reynolds, who has a sick obsession with her. One of them had marked the same carved hearts on their kills and removed their organs. It became too close to comfort for Archie, when Jeremy toys with his mind and Susan becomes injured by his sharp tools. In the end, Archie breaks his truce with Gretchen and then finds out, if she's been lying to him or telling the truth face to face with her.

This was another chiling novel from Chelsea Cain. This would make you heart beat and feel cold and numb all over with this another thrilling chase. I contiued to care for Archie and how he dealt with Gretchen's copycatting her serial artwork on human victims. Gretchen just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I did feel bad for the patients at the rehab center who were all pawns to her sick mind games. I did love the vast scenic settings and vivid pictureque locations of Seattle, including the crime scenes.  This would make you want to hold you breath and gasp at every turned page with non-stop action, drama, intrigue and suspense  from right to the end. 

Will you become evil at heart tonight?

Sweetheart

If you love Heartsick, you'll love the return of serial killer Gretchen Lowell and Detective Archie Sheridan in Sweetheart, the second installment in Chelsea Cain's Archie Sheridan thriller series.  They were back in this compelling thriller with reporter Susan Ward. She was now after a hot scandal for her newspaper. But when she closed in for the scoop, tragedy struck before it could happen. And then more dead bodies turned up, which might have a link to the case. For Archie, it was a much different story. With his relationship to his ex-wife Debbie dangling on the line, his obsession with Gretchen grew. When she escaped from the prison's infirmary, she was now after Archie's family and then with Archie. On the run, it was now up to Susan and Henry to find them, before they were engulfed by a wildfire, and Archie's health was declining, right after she escaped from their clutches. We really saw how both of them struggled with their obsessions and tied  up to one complicated case. What a rush!

This was another spine-tingling thriller. I continued to care about Archie, when he grew sicker in poor health. He needed to take better care of himself and get over this obsession of his. I did feel worried about his family and with Susan and Henry, too. I still love the central Portland location for the series. This would make you feel numb and shocked at the same time. I continue to hate Gretchen more and more. Great drama, good action and suspense, and plenty of intrigue, right to the end.

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Heart Sick

If you love shocking thrillers, this one's for you. In Chelsea Cain's Archie Sheridan thriller series, the first installment, Heartsick, Archie Sheridan escaped the clutches of a female serial killer named Gretchen Lowell, two years ago, when she kidnapped him, tortured him, and almost left him for dead. Now, he was addicted to pills and divorced. While he was on the trail of the After School Killer, he flashbacked to when it happened, (all written in present tense), every time they meet in person. Susan Ward was a newspaper reporter with pink hair and a troubled past, while she tried to uncover a scandal in the local government. When her past caught up to her, they collided and interceded with the AS Killer, which linked back to Gretchen in prison. Wow!

This was a fantastic thriller debut by Chelsea Cain. I did feel bad for Archie and his family, when this happened to him in the past. I did become curious on Gretchen and more intrigued by her reign of terror on him. I also liked Susan's pink hair and her love for journalism. Archie and Susan make a helluva powerful team. I loved the central Portland location for the series, including Archie's flashbacks to time. This would send you chills down your spine and then some. Great dramatic action, plenty of suspense and intrigue to keep you turning the page, and lots of thrilling mystery to kickstart the series.

Are you heartsick for another book? Pick up this thriller today!