QQ REVIEW: Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

Connie's Quick Quack review of Sweetheart (The Beauty Killer, Book 2) by Chelsea Cain
Mystery thriller hardcover released by St. Martin's Minotaur 2 Sep 08

Archie is back, and addicted to pain pills, when another girl is found in the park where Gretchen's first victim was discovered. He's managed to get back with Debbie and is not visiting Gretchen when this victim is found. Then, Archie is forced to see Gretchen again when she is attacked in the prison where she was incarcerated at the end of Book 1. Read more

Tags: 2008, Chelsea Cain, Connie, Grade A, Mystery Fiction, Quick Quack, Review, September 2008, St. Martin's Minotaur, Sweetheart, The Beauty Killer series, Thriller

DUCK FLASH: Win a Copy, Sweetheart

This just in...

St. Martin's Press and MacMillan Audio have got a great giveaway going on! Win a combination of galleys of Chelsea Cain's recent books featuring her intriguing hero and heroine, Archie and Gretchen.

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Tags: 2008, Chelsea Cain, Contest, Duck Flash, Heartsick, MacMillan Audio, St. Martin's Press, Sweetheart

REVIEW: Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

Wendy the Super Librarian's review of Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
Suspense/thriller fiction hardcover released by St. Martins Minotaur 2 Sep 08

As much as I love a good romance novel, I started out my reading life as a mystery reader. While both are genre fiction, I expect different things from each of them. In romance, I want the author to make me care about the characters. I want to become emotionally invested in their lives and struggles, which makes the happily-ever-after all that much sweeter. In mystery/suspense novels, I also want the author to make me care about the characters, but I also want what I call The White-Knuckle Factor. The kind of book that is so suspenseful, so full of thrills, that I literally cannot pry the book out of my hands. Chelsea Cain has made this her stock in trade, and this second book in her Gretchen Lowell series is a runaway freight train. Read more

Tags: 2008, Chelsea Cain, Fiction, Grade A, Review, September 2008, St. Martin's Minotaur, Suspense, Sweetheart, Thriller, Wendy The Super Librarian

Sweet on the Vine, Sick of the Hype or ::heart:: the books

The ever delightful avid reader, Keishon, has had some tres interesting posts up lately. I am sure you already do but if you don't... go check her out! I started to respond to her post on the Amazon Vine Program and in my normal fashion wrote a rambly book.

So I decided to bring it on home...

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Tags: Chelsea Cain, Hardcover, Heartsick, Keishon, September 2008, St. Martin's Minotaur, Sweetheart