![]() ![]() Maybe that's why people spend so much time watching 24-hour news channels that cover the latest horrible domestic murder. ![]() The less we know about killers' motives, the scarier they are. I thought there was a really interesting tension in not knowing what had driven this woman to embrace violence so enthusiastically. What is her story? Cain: I purposely didn't reveal Gretchen's past, beyond a few unreliable hints. Even when she actually appears in the jail scenes with Sheridan, she reveals nothing, and yet it's obvious she's anything but one-dimensional. ![]() Daphne Durham Questions for Chelsea : Gretchen Lowell haunts every page of Heartsick. What sets this disturbing novel apart from the rest is its bruised, haunted heart in the form of Detective Sheridan, a bewildered survivor trying to catch a killer and save himself. ![]() Cain turns the (nearly played out) Starling/Lecter relationship on its ear: Sheridan must face down his would-be killer to help hunt down another. Gretchen Lowell tortured Detective Archie Sheridan for ten days, then inexplicably let him go and turned herself in. ReviewChelsea Cain steps into a crowded, blood-soaked genre with Heartsick, a riveting, character-driven novel about a damaged cop and his obsession with the serial killer who.let him live. ![]()
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