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Gretchen Lowell strikes againor does she?in bestseller Cain's grisly third thriller to feature the female serial killer who takes sadistic pleasure in taunting Portland, Ore., detective Archie Sheridan (after Sweetheart and Heartsick). A violent attack that leaves body parts in a rest stop bathroom, along with Lowell's signature heart design, persuades Sheridan, a recovering Vicodin addict, to leave rehab and rejoin the hunt for Lowell. As he and newspaper reporter Susan Ward dig deeper, they discover that while the corpses cropping up around town are reminiscent of Lowell's nasty handiwork, they might also point to one of the myriad fan clubs dedicated to the killer, who has become a media sensation since she escaped from prison in Heartsick. Even though readers may wonder how much longer this extended game can play out, Cain delivers her usual blend of organ-ripping, blood-soaked gore and compelling flawed heroesand antiheroes. (Sept.)
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Praise for Chelsea Cain
_Sweetheart
_Cains debut Heartsick had even the most jaded thriller fans sleeping with the lights on. She tells an equally frightening story in Sweetheart. . . . This is one of the best series in the contemporary thriller genre. Only downside: waiting for Cains next novel.
---_USA Today
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Cain skillfully recruits us as moral caretakers as Archie struggles to overcome his sexual Stockholm Syndrome. . . . She invents Gretchen in wanton, wide-screen glory. . . . The novel is sensual and engulfing.
---_The New York Times Book Review_
The forces that conspired to make Cains Heartsick a bestselling page-turner last year have reunited in its sequel. . . . With her preternatural grasp of pacing and ability to create vivid characters with astonishing economy, Cain expertly drives her narrative.
---_Los Angeles Times_
Weve been down Hannibal Lecter Avenue many times, and these two books shouldnt work . . . but they do. Chalk it up to excellent writing and Cains ferocious sense of humor. The Portland (Ore.) setting is refreshing too.
---Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
_Heartsick
Heartsick_ is worth all the hype . . . brilliant.
---_New York Post_
In her dynamite first thriller, Cain introduces one of the most seductive and original psychopaths since Hannibal Lecter.
---_Entertainment Weekly
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Steamy and perverse.
---_The New York Times_
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Chelsea Cain's novels featuring Portland detective Archie Sheridan and serial killer Gretchen Lowell have captivated fans through two nail-biting entries, _Heartsick_ and _Sweetheart_ , both of them multiweek bestsellers in _The New York Times_ , _USA Today_ , and _Publishers Weekly_. Gretchen
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