17 February 2015

Review: Evil at Heart

The first two books in the Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell series by Chelsea Cain, Heartsick and Sweetheart, are both 5-star books for me. The review below is for the third book in the series.

Title: Evil at Heart (Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell #3)
Author: Chelsea Cain
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date: September 1st 2009
Genre: Mystery-Thriller | Suspense Fiction | Crime
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Buy it: Kindle Edition
Rating:

Blurb from Goodreads...

Gretchen Lowell is still on the loose. These days, she’s more of a cause célèbre than a feared killer, thanks to sensationalist news coverage that has made her a star. Her face graces magazine covers weekly and there have been sightings of her around the world. Most shocking of all, Portland Herald reporter Susan Ward has uncovered a bizarre kind of fan club, which celebrates the number of days she’s been free.

Archie Sheridan hunted her for a decade, and after his last ploy to catch her went spectacularly wrong, remains hospitalized months later. When they last spoke, they entered a détente of sorts---Archie agreed not to kill himself if she agreed not to kill anyone else. But when a new body is found accompanied by Gretchen’s trademark heart, all bets are off and Archie is forced back into action. Has the Beauty Killer returned to her gruesome ways, or has the cult surrounding her created a whole new evil?

My Thoughts...

Unputdownable! There's no other word to describe this third book in the Archie Sheridan-Gretchen Lowell series by Chelsea Cain. Once you start reading, you wouldn't be able to do anything but continue reading, turning one page after another until you find yourself in the end of the story. You want to solve the mystery, go along for the thrill ride. It's that good!

And in this book, Archie finally grew some balls in facing Gretchen and putting her in place. I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the series.

***

I read this book a couple of hours into February 16th and then stopped to rest my eyes. I am now onto the 4th book in the series :)

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