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Heartsick Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Chelsea Cain (Author), Carolyn McCormick (Narrator), Macmillan Audio (Publisher)

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Damaged Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent 10 years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end, she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped Archie and tortured him for 10 days, but instead of killing him, she mysteriously decided to let him go. She turned herself in, and now Gretchen has been locked away for the rest of her life, while Archie is in a prison of another kind: addicted to pain pills, unable to return to his old life, powerless to get those 10 horrific days off his mind. He continues to visit Gretchen in prison once a week, saying that only he can get her to confess as to the whereabouts of more of her victims.

When another killer begins snatching teenage girls off the streets of Portland, Archie has to pull himself together enough to lead the new task force investigating the murders. A hungry young newspaper reporter, Susan Ward, begins profiling Archie and the investigation, which sparks a deadly game between Archie, Susan, the new killer, and even Gretchen. They need to catch a killer, and maybe then, somehow, Archie can free himself from Gretchen, once and for all.

Either way, Heartsick makes for one of the most extraordinary suspense debuts in recent memory.

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Listening Length	11 hours and 1 minute
Author	Chelsea Cain
Narrator	Carolyn McCormick
Audible.com.au Release Date	09 August 2007
Publisher	Macmillan Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NX8J3IQ
Best Sellers Rank	61,600 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 620 in Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 1,258 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) 1,463 in Police Procedural Mysteries

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Jayne Parry

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Reviewed in Australia on 15 December 2015

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Excellent read, kept you guessing

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Saffron1623

Not convinced yet ......

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2015

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This is one of those few times where I've come away from a book feeling a bit, well, unsure. I can't say I really loved the book but equally I can't say I hated it too. For me it was more of a compelling book. What I mean is that it was like witnessing a terrible event, e.g. a car crash, you know you shouldn't be looking but you can't help yourself. Two stories running parallel to each other. On the one hand you have a female serial killer who is now incarcerated still having a relationship of sorts with her Stockholm Syndrome victim, Archie Sheridan, the main protagonist here. On the other, another killer targeting school girls. A case Archie is trying to solve. Two story lines but neither one really fleshed out properly. The school girl plot line almost ran as a sub plot which I didn't really find that 'I'm dying to see who done it element,' disappointingly. I wasn't really that bothered, partly because tension was really lacking, it felt a bit lacklustre. There were a couple of other sub plots that really seemed superfluous, the senator one being one of them, though I've now realised this is picked up in the next book. Hhmmm, not holding my breath with excitement, but I could be wrong!!

The Gretchen Lowell, Archie Sheridan relationship was more interesting. Yes, she's a dark, psychotic, clever, dangerous woman and the build up to how psychotic was good BUT it still felt really lacklustre. I just wasn't that excited. Relieved she wasn't another Hannibal Lecter, been done and all that, but this was just ....... *sigh*

I suspect the relationship and back story is going to continue with these two central characters but at the moment I'm not chomping at the bit to see where it's all going. Maybe in time, but for me the excitement just isn't there, yet.

A disappointing read.

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L.W. Hawksby

Good concept. Would have preferred 1st person natrative "inside" the main charcters heads.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2020

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One of the better dark-crime novels I have read. As an Author myself, I appreciate the very sick and ACCURATE descriptive writing regarding Gretchen. I like the detail of scenes and descriptions helping myself, as a reader, feel "there". But, it is a BIG BUT!, I just don't like novels written in the 3rd person.
I read a book a month (when I am not writing and editing myself) so have a good viewpoint on styles I like. If you write in the 1st person, it just makes far far better books! I would have given 5 stars otherwise!!
Gretchen in the 1st person would be SPECTACULAR!

Anosheh Hockham

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 March 2018

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I absolutely love Chelsea Cain - she doesn’t write quick enough in my opinion, because I literally cannot wait for her next book to come out. This series is brilliant. If you’re a fan of crime / serial killer novels you’ll love this. Not only does Chelsea write the hell out of the book which makes you not want to put it down, but she keeps the characters “alive” the entire time ensuring you never get bored of them! I personally couldn’t put this series down. I read each book in about a day / day and a half and excitedly waited for the next one!! Highly recommend! Huge fan x

J C Mitchinson

OK, a bit slow paced

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2015

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This is very much 'Hannibal Lecter as a girl' in theme. Archie Sheridan was tortured by serial killer Gretchen Lowell, and now he is on another case, but still communicates with Gretchen.

I like the idea of Gretchen but she is a bit one-dimensionally evil. There is no depth to her. Being beautiful isn't enough to keep me interested, I'm afraid. It would be nice to see her develop.

Archie is a bit annoying, I just wanted him to snap out of it, but his relationship with Gretchen is quite interesting.

Susan is annoying and annoying dense. She's supposed to be savvy but misses incredibly obvious stuff which leads to her being in danger.

I also felt that the torture was overdone. It just seemed to plonked in there for shock value.

Overall, not a whole lot happens for most of this book. I felt like more could've been done with it. However, I did enjoy it and will probably read more in the series.

Em @ Fantasy Book Review

There potential is there...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2017

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This was a long-time-later reread for me and since i'd forgotten most of the pertinent points, still managed to surprise. The main plot leaves something to be desired, there's nothing particularly special about it, but the relationship between Archie and his murderer/saviour Gretchen Lowell is both novel and intriguing. That blend of fear and desire, that closeness, was well written enough to make the reader feel genuinely uncomfortable, a real counterbalance to a rape/murder plot that ticks all the cliche boxes.

It's probably more like a 3.5 but I rounded up because even 10 years after it's publication, I still haven't read anything like Cain's disturbing killer/cop match up.

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