Sweetheart

ByChelsea Cain

Release Date: 2008-09-02
Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 162 Ratings

Description

Gretchen Lowell, the world's most beautiful serial killer, has escaped from prison in Chelsea Cain's unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat thriller, Sweetheart.

With Heartsick, Chelsea Cain took the crime world by storm, introducing two of the most compelling characters in decades: serial killer Gretchen Lowell and her obsessed pursuer Portland Detective Archie Sheridan. The book spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnered rave reviews around the world. But the riveting story of Archie and Gretchen was left unfinished, and now Chelsea Cain picks up the tale again.

When the body of a young woman is discovered in Portland's Forest Park, Archie is reminded of the last time they found a body there, more than a decade ago: it turned out to be the Beauty Killer's first victim, and Archie's first case. This body can't be one of Gretchen's—she's in prison—but after help from reporter Susan Ward uncovers the dead woman's identity, it turns into another big case. Trouble is, Archie can't focus on the new investigation because the Beauty Killer case has exploded: Gretchen Lowell has escaped from prison.

Archie hadn't seen her in two months; he'd moved back in with his family and sworn off visiting her. Though it should feel like progress, he actually feels worse. The news of her escape spreads like wildfire, but secretly, he's relieved. He knows he's the only one who can catch her, and in fact, he has a plan to get out from under her thumb once and for all.

Chelsea Cain has topped her own bestselling debut thriller with this unputdownable, unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat read.

Reviews

Sweetheart
5
By pillowmaster123
Loved it!!!
A waste of time - what is the fascination ?
1
By Canisphere
Where do I start ? WHAT is the fascination with this book? It is terrible. Archie is pathetic, Gretchen as brilliant deus ex machina is ridiculous, Susan Ward should have been put into jail for that absurd performance in the cabin, and Henry needs to get a life. Does the first book explain how and why the cell phone is conveniently available? Way too may absurdly convenient plot twists.
Completely unbelievable and unrealistic
3
By smartypants7
Completely unbelievable... in the first book you feel sorry for the main character, Archie. He is traumatized and severely damaged. The second book, Sweetheart, it becomes a bit ridiculous. His sexual lusting and obsession with the woman who kidnapped and tortured him even years later makes him almost unlikable. Not to mention totally unrealistic that the police would still allow this man who is an open drug addict and mentally unstable be the lead in the man hunt and investigation is absurd... and the reporter who is allowed to sit in on task force meetings, dictating what will be printed and when?? Yet she still cant even get a seat at the press conferences? Just Silly... The book is fiction I understand, but at least TRY to make it somewhat convincing! Insults the intelligence of any avid reader.
Sweetheart
5
By TifMic
It was better than the first and that one was great! Chelsea Cain has hit an obvious home run with this series and I am only a few pages into the third book! Outstanding!
Great book
5
By iMommuh
I just finished all three of her books and I hope I can find more.
Awesome!
5
By kirstin242002
I just couldn't put it down!