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A review by alicemc25
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
4.0
Anyone else picture Dr Gregory House when reading about Archie Sheridan? I don't know whether it was his physical description, damaged soul, or just that he kept popping vicodin. Anyway, I really enjoyed this thriller! I've read quite a lot of crime fiction but this one was really quite unique. Very fast paced, towards the end I couldn't put it down at all.
The protagonist, Detective Archie Sheridan is a tortured soul - after he was literally tortured by a psychopath on his last big case. Even though she is now behind bars, Gretchen Lowell still has a twisted hold over him. Persuaded to return to work, Archie has rejoined his old task force to stop a new serial killer who is picking off young schoolgirls in Portland. Working with trusted colleagues, shadowed by a pink-haired journalist and hooked on pain medication, he works frantically to try and catch the killer before he can strike again. But however hard he works to crack the case, he is still struggling to escape the clutches of 'The Beauty Killer'.
This isn't a book for the squeamish; there are some pretty graphic descriptions of torture and death (as you might expect) which full on make your insides curl. Some of it seems a little silly; even if Gretchen Lowell did have medical training, the things she got up to in a basement (whilst keeping Archie alive) seem pretty far-fetched. But the story, the plot twists and the action are all great and make for a really fun and fast read.
The protagonist, Detective Archie Sheridan is a tortured soul - after he was literally tortured by a psychopath on his last big case. Even though she is now behind bars, Gretchen Lowell still has a twisted hold over him. Persuaded to return to work, Archie has rejoined his old task force to stop a new serial killer who is picking off young schoolgirls in Portland. Working with trusted colleagues, shadowed by a pink-haired journalist and hooked on pain medication, he works frantically to try and catch the killer before he can strike again. But however hard he works to crack the case, he is still struggling to escape the clutches of 'The Beauty Killer'.
This isn't a book for the squeamish; there are some pretty graphic descriptions of torture and death (as you might expect) which full on make your insides curl. Some of it seems a little silly; even if Gretchen Lowell did have medical training, the things she got up to in a basement (whilst keeping Archie alive) seem pretty far-fetched. But the story, the plot twists and the action are all great and make for a really fun and fast read.