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Heartsick

Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell (Volume 1)

Chelsea Cain

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Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful and brutal serial killer. In the end, she was the one who caught him…and tortured him…and then let him go. Why did Gretchen spare Archie’s life and then turn herself in? This is the question that keeps him up all night—and the reason why he has visited Gretchen in prison every week since.

Meanwhile, another series of murders is tearing up the Portland streets. Archie seems to be getting closer to solving this high-profile case…until he finds himself in a fatal collision course with the killer—one that inevitably leads him back to his former captor. Gretchen may be the only one who can help do justice. The only thing she can’t do, this time, is save Archie’s life.

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Chelsea Cain's Heartsick Tour - Portland, Oregon

A video tour of Portland and interview with author Chelsea Cain on her murder mystery novel, Heartsick.

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Book Trailer 3 for Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

The third book trailer for author Chelsea Cain's murder mystery novel, Heartsick.

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The second book trailer for author Chelsea Cain's murder mystery novel, Heartsick.

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Book Trailer 1 for Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

The first book trailer for author Chelsea Cain's murder mystery novel, Heartsick.

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Heartsick by Chelsea Cain--audiobook excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Chelsea Cain's thriller novel Heartsick, narrated by Carolyn McCormick. Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful and brutal serial killer. In the end, she was the one who caught him...and tortured him...and then let him go. Why did Gretchen spare Archie's life and then turn herself in? This is the question that keeps him up all night—and the reason why he has visited Gretchen in prison every week since.

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Heartsick by Chelsea Cain--Chapter 1

"Hear an excerpt from the audiobook of Heartsick by Chelsea Cain, read by Carolyn McCormick. In this suspense thriller, Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent years tracking serial killer Gretchen Lowell, but she was the one who caught him… Learn more about the book at http://us.macmillan.com/heartsick/ChelseaCain Read more about author Chelsea Cain at http://us.macmillan.com/author/chelseacain Learn more about narrator Carolyn McCormick at http://us.macmillan.com/author/carolynmccormick"

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Chelsea Cain talks with Chuck Palahniuk

"Listen to this author interview with Chelsea Cain and Chuck Palahniuk. In this audio recording, the longtime friends discuss their friendship and their craft, and Chelsea talks about her novel Heartsick. Learn more about the suspense thriller Heartsick at http://us.macmillan.com/heartsick/ChelseaCain Read more about Chelsea Cain at http://us.macmillan.com/author/chelseacain"

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Praise for Heartsick

“DYNAMITE…ONE OF THE MOST SEDUCTIVE AND ORIGINAL PSYCHOPATHS since Hannibal Lecter.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Suspenseful…plenty of grisly surprises.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A novel you CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS.”—USA Today

“Completely entrancing…totally original...UTTERLY UNFORGETTABLE.”—Dominick Dunne

“HEARTSICK HAS IT ALL: a tortured cop, a fearless and quirky heroine, and what may be the creepiest serial killer ever created. AN ADDICTIVE READ!” —Tess Gerritsen

“OUTSTANDING.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Nicole rated it

May 22, 2012

I looooooove this book. If it were legal to marry inanimate objects, I would marry this book and bear its children. I have never been this excited about a book, let alone a series, since I started the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series almost 4 years ago! The characters are extremely interesting,... ...more

Jack rated it

May 18, 2012

On page five of Heartsick, Gretchen Lowell says she’s “prepared something special”. On page six, she hammers a nail into the ribs of her screaming victim, and the reader realises she’s right. This is serial killer fiction like you’ve never seen it before.

Besides the self-destructive protagonist a... ...more

Helen rated it

Apr 2, 2012

Crime books are one of the biggest selling genre in the world and just when you think they're about to become cliché, Chelsea Cain creates the “Gretchen Lowell” series that is introduced in Heartsick. Never, during my time of reading crime books, have I ever felt myself being charmed by the seria... ...more

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About the Author

Chelsea Cain

Chelsea Cain is the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Season, Evil at Heart, and Sweetheart. Both Heartsick and Sweetheart were listed in Stephen King’s Top Ten Books of the Year in Entertainment Weekly. Chelsea lived the first few years of her life on an Iowa commune, then grew up in Bellingham, WA, where the infamous Green River killer was “the boogieman” of her youth. The true story of the Green River killer’s capture was the inspiration for the story of Gretchen and Archie. Cain lives in Portland with her husband and daughter.

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