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This was the third in a series involving Gretchen Lowell a female serial killer and Archie Sheridan one of her victims and the only survivor. Much of the story invloves their strange and disturbing relationship. This book is not for the faint of heart as it can be disturbing but for me was something I couldn't put down!
Cain does a great job of developing the characters and their very strange relationship! A very good story that will appeal to even those readers who haven't read the first two books. Highly recommended! (

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MikeD | Dec 1, 2009 |

Sadly, this seems to be a part of a series, so I was a bit lost at first. However, Cain managed to grab my attention and drag me through to the end. It was awesome, to say the least. Gritty and gory, filled with all the details 'normal' people don't want. I loved every minute of it.

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PhilipTroy | Nov 2, 2009 |

I loved this book from the first few pages. An incredible start, and you don't need to read the first two books to catch up to the full story. This is the best yet in the series in my opinion. The author just gets better and better. The Dexter series has finally gotten some serious competition! (

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Eren0317 | Oct 20, 2009 |

Gretchen Lowell is the queen bee of psychopaths - a killer who makes a sadistic art of torture - and she's on the loose again. Are a recent spate of killings her handiwork, or the product of some over-zealous copycat fans? Archie Sheridan checks himself out of the psychiatric hospital to find out. Susan Ward is the perfect partner for Sheridan - their dialogue and Susan's thoughts lend some humour to the chills and horror. Couldn't put this one down. (

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Vidalia | Oct 12, 2009 |

The 3rd in the series is just as good as the 1st: scary, puzzling, fierce, funny, entertaining. Portland in serial killer Gretchen Lowell's thrall feels true, as do the well-rounded & likeable characters, both good and evil. Actually I think I like this best in the series. (

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jenniferbee | Oct 9, 2009 |

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Series (with order)

Gretchen Lowell (3)

Canonical Title

Evil At Heart

Original publication date

2009-09-01

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Detective Archie Sheridan

Gretchen Lowell

Susan Ward

Detective Henry Sobol

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Portland, Oregon, USA

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For Eliza Fantastic Mohan, who continues to live up to her name

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The rest stop off I-84 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River was vile, even by rest-stop standards.

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This is the blistering new serial-killer thriller in Cain's "Gretchen Lowell" series. A college student is found dead, floating in a rowing boat on a lake, a gaping wound in his abdomen. The autopsy reveals that his spleen was removed while he was still alive. A media frenzy ensues, the press reaching the same conclusion as the local law enforcement: Gretchen Lowell, the 'Beauty Killer', still at large following her prison escape, is back and she's killing again. But Detective Archie Sheridan, on medical leave following his last run-in with Gretchen, isn't so sure. The more he discovers about the murders the more convinced he is that they could be the work of a copy-cat. Plus Archie has other things to worry about - his health is declining sharply and he is being stalked by a strange young man. At first Archie dismisses him as one of a disturbed group who are obsessed with Gretchen and romanticise Archie's ten-day ordeal with her. But as the young man's attentions begin to intensify, it becomes clear that this group will go to great lengths to feel close to the Beauty Killer...Archie, along with journalist Susan Ward, is desperate to find the truth behind this new spate of killings. But it is Gretchen who holds the answers and copy-cat or not, she still has one more victim in mind.

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