Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
A Very Good Series About A Serial Killer
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 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?
Chelsea Cain continues to deliver heart-stopping thrills and chills in the
latest entry in this dynamic bestselling series.
Personal Review: Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
Gretchen Lowell, America's most gorgeous, insane and sexy serial killer
has escaped. The camera loves Gretchen and so, it seems, does America.
Her picture graces magazine covers, t-shirts with "Run Gretchen" appear
on our teenagers, coffee mugs with "I'd Kill for a Cup of Coffee" and her
visage appear in break rooms throughout offices, women read articles on
how to "get Gretchen's hairstyle" in fashion magazines. Gretchen Lowell
fan clubs are springing up across the country. Archie Sheridan had hunted
her for years, and found right beside him, involved in the case. The horrific
injuries she inflicted upon him are nothing compared to the psychological
damage she left in her wake. Archie has suffered and bled and survived,
and now, after he has been hospitalized for months and just starting to
heal, he's being drawn back into the hunt. People are once again dying in
gruesome ways, and it seems that Gretchen has returned and began
killing once more. Archie is forced to begin his hunt again to discover if the
Beauty Killer has returned or if this is the work of a bizarre cult of her
followers.
Chelsea Cain's new book, Evil at Heart is a high speed adrenaline
pumping, pulse pounding, dry-mouthed thriller. Do you remember the
times you've gone to a really good scary movie, and someone, usually a
girl, goes into a dark scary building? And you're saying...."don't go in...don't
go in.." because you just know that no good can come of it if she does?
That's what this book does.
At one point, while I'm reading as fast as I can, my right brain is screaming,
"No, don't go in there, run...run.... you stupid girl, don't you watch scary
movies...get out get out get out...." At the same time, my left-brain is
saying, "Uh...imaginary character in a novel...get a grip..." After my right-
brain got done slapping the crap out of my left-brain, I continued reading
and freaking out. A few more minutes of reading with my fingers splayed in
front of my eyes, and I made it to the end of this particular
chapter...whew...now I could go to bed. It was late, and then, yup, I'm
sucked back in. It was the old "just a few more pages" bit. My

recommendation: don't start this book when you have enough time to read
it in one sitting. You don't want to dream about it, that would be scary and
bad, and you sure as heck don't want to wait and see what happens next.
Cain understands that too much of the unrelenting fear factor might not be
manageable to us weaker hearted readers. She lets us see moments of
humor in the thoughts of her protagonists that can elicit a chuckle from us,
even though we know we probably shouldn't giggle.
Chelsea Cain is the Queen of Creepy as far as I'm concerned. Her first two
novels, Heartsick and Sweetheart were good, and I liked them enough that
I was interested in reading her third. If you're a person who hates coming
in partway through a series, (like me) you might want to check them out,
but I don't think you'd have to read them first to "get" Evil at Heart. I
expected to like this one as well as the last, but I was wrong. It's the best of
the three, Cain just keeps getting better and better. Okay.... creepier and
creepier too. My 14-year-old daughter asked what I was reading, and all I
could say was, "nothing you're allowed to read yet." (She gets nightmares
really easily, doesn't watch scary movies either.) I hope Queen Chelsea of
Creep is hard at work writing another novel, this is one loyal reader who
can't wait to have the bejeebers scared out of me again by this talented,
albeit, often frightening author!
If you're a fan of the genre...get this book! Thriller suspense at its best. But
be warned, its a gruesome and graphic page turner, with a strong
"ewwww" factor. (I'm as warped as the author must be, I loved it!)
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