Chelsea Cain

Since serial killer Gretchen Lowell went on the run, following Detective Archie Sheridan's latest near-fatal encounter with her, the city of Portland has descended into Beauty Killer hysteria. Even fan sites have sprung up online, where admirers of Gretchen can congregate to discuss their heroine. When a spleen is discovered at a local rest stop, Detective Henry Sobol is at first sceptical it is Gretchen's work. It is only when he sees the rest stop's wall -covered in hundreds of tiny red hearts that Henry realises its time to contact Archie ...Archie Sheridan has spent the last few month's in the city's psychiatric hospital, battling with his addiction to painkillers and his strange obsession with the woman who tortured him. But soon he, along with the Beauty Killer taskforce and journalist Susan Ward, find themselves investigating a new spate of killings - when bodies start to turn up at local beauty spots, their eye-balls removed.

Archie Sheridan should be recovering from his past run-ins with serial killer Gretchen Lowell, yet he's just as haunted as the day she let him go. But when a cyclist comes across a corpse in Mount Tabor Park on the eastern side of Portland, Archie suddenly has a new case to focus on. Then comes a call from an unlikely source. After months of ignoring calls from a doctor at the mental hospital where Gretchen is supposed to be locked away forever, Archie hears that she might have inside knowledge about the new investigation. But is she bluffing just to get close to him, and can he risk losing his only lead? One thing is for sure: Gretchen Lowell is back, and Archie must decide if catching a killer is worth facing his demons one more time.

Dos años después de haber sido secuestrado, torturado e inexplicablemente liberado por la bellísima asesina Gretchen Lowell, el detective Archie Sheridan acepta volver al trabajo para detener a otro psicópata que asesina y viola a adolescentes... Adicto a las pastillas y obsesionado con Gretchen, a la que visita en la cárcel todos los domingos, recibe la ayuda de Susan Ward, una joven periodista con sus propios traumas que, sin saberlo, está a punto de regresar a un pasado que creía sepultado para siempre… Según avanza el caso, Archie vuelve a enfrentarse a los fantasmas de la aterradora experiencia que no ha logrado superar y a la certeza de que nunca conseguirá liberarse de Gretchen…Un thriller oscuro, absorbente y obsesivo, sólo apto para los amantes de las emociones fuertes.

Gretchen Lowell a torturé et tué plus de deux cent personnes. C'est Archie Sheridan, chef de la Brigade Spéciale, qui l'a traquée pendant des années, jusqu'à ce que les règles du jeu s'inversent et qu'il devienne sa proie. Elle le kidnappe, le torture, mais pour une mystérieuse raison, elle finit par lui laisser la vie sauve, et appelle les secours, sachant qu'elle sera immanquablement arrêtée par la police. En prison, Gretchen ne disparaît pas pour autant de la vie d'Archie : faisant preuve d'une perversité absolue, elle exige qu'il vienne lui rendre visite tous les dimanches, en échange de quoi elle lui décrira à chaque fois un de ses meurtres et le lieu où est caché le corps. Il accepte cette relation malsaine qui lui vaudra un divorce, et, après deux ans hors de la brigade, il se voit confier une enquête à propos d'un nouveau serial killer. Mais il est toujours sous l'emprise psychologique de Gretchen et la jeune journaliste qui l'épaule dans cette affaire est elle aussi amenée à rencontrer l'impitoyable manipulatrice, qui, de sa cellule de prison, mène le jeu...

Since serial killer Gretchen Lowell went on the run, following Detective Archie Sheridan's latest near-fatal encounter with her, the city of Portland has descended into Beauty Killer hysteria. Even fan sites have sprung up online, where admirers of Gretchen can congregate to discuss their heroine. When a spleen is discovered at a local rest stop, Detective Henry Sobol is at first sceptical it is Gretchen's work. It is only when he sees the rest stop's wall - covered in hundreds of tiny red hearts that Henry realises its time to contact Archie ...Archie Sheridan has spent the last few month's in the city's psychiatric hospital, battling with his addiction to painkillers and his strange obsession with the woman who tortured him. But soon he, along with the Beauty Killer taskforce and journalist Susan Ward, find themselves investigating a new spate of killings - when bodies start to turn up at local beauty spots, their eye-balls removed. Could this be the work of a copy-cat? Or has Gretchen really returned? One thing is certain, whoever is behind these brutal murders, they will do whatever it takes to get to Archie ...

Heavy rains have burst the banks of the Willamette River; several people have died in the furiously rising waters ... but the latest victim didn't drown: She was killed before she went into the water. Soon, other victims are found, and Police Detective Archie Sheridan realizes that Portland has a new serial killer on its hands. Reporter Susan Ward is on the story, but she's also got other leads to chase, and some secrets can be too frightening for prying eyes... With Archie following a bizarre trail of evidence, and Susan close behind, the pair must unearth the identity of a vicious murderer, and uncover the truth behind a mystery more than sixty years old

A city on flood alert, a killer on the rampage Heavy rains have burst the banks of the Willamette River; several people have died in the furiously rising waters ...but the latest victim didn't drown: She was killed before she went into the water. Soon, other victims are found, and Police Detective Archie Sheridan realizes that Portland has a new serial killer on its hands. Reporter Susan Ward is on the story, but she's also got other leads to chase, and some secrets can be too frightening for prying eyes ...with Archie following a bizarre trail of evidence, and Susan close behind, the pair must unearth the identity of a vicious murderer, and uncover the truth behind a mystery more than sixty years old...

Kick Lannigan, 21, is a survivor. Abducted at age six in broad daylight, the police, the public, perhaps even her family assumed the worst had occurred. And then Kathleen Lannigan was found, alive, six years later. In the early months following her freedom, as Kick struggled with PTSD, her parents put her through a litany of therapies, but nothing helped until the detective who rescued her suggested Kick learn to fight. Before she was thirteen, Kick learned marksmanship, martial arts, boxing, archery, and knife throwing. She excelled at every one, vowing she would never be victimized again. But when two children in the Portland area go missing in the same month, Kick goes into a tailspin. Then an enigmatic man Bishop approaches her with a proposition: he is convinced Kick's experiences and expertise can be used to help rescue the abductees. Little does Kick know the case will lead directly into her terrifying past...

Dos años después de haber sido secuestrado, torturado el, inexplicablemente liberado por Gretchen Lowell, la asesina en serie a la que lleva persiguiendo desde hace diez años, el detective Archie Sheridan acepta volver a ponerse al mando de un equipo de investigación con objeto de detener a otro psicópata que asesina y viola a adolescentes. Adicto a las pastillas y obsesionado con Gretchen, Sheridan la visita en la cárcel todos los domingos, empeñado en seguir una especie de macabro ritual que cree le conducirá a la resolución de algunos casos todavía abiertos. En su búsqueda incansable de respuestas, acepta la colaboración de Susan Ward, una joven periodista con sus propios traumas, que tratará de ahondar en la compleja personalidad del detective, sin saber que está a punto de iniciar también un viaje a su oscuro pasado, que creía sepultado para siempre. En la resolución del nuevo caso volverán a aparecer los fantasmas de la aterradora experiencia que Archie no ha logrado superar y la certeza de que nunca conseguirá liberarse de Gretchen, a la que continúa ligado a través de la tela de araña de manipulaciones y mentiras que ella ha ido tejiendo a su alrededor.

Es un hecho: las adolescentes se transforman en panteras salvajes cuando menstrúan y esto complica sus relaciones familiares y crea una situación dramática en el colegio. Maude es una de ellas, y por eso su familia la ha ingresado en Reflexiones, una clinica de rehabilitacion para chicas panteras en Malibu. ¿Curaran a Maude? ¿O esta adolescente guerrera derrocara al patriarcado, resolvera una serie de asesinatos y descubrira una conspiracion capitalista global? Chelsea Cain y Lia Miternique, acompañadas por las dibujantes Kate Niemczyk, Elise McCall y Stella Greenvoss, la colorista Rachel Rosenberg y las escritoras Eliza Fantastic Mohan y Emily Powell, continuan con esta serie de marcado caracter feminista, llena de humor e ironia. Las chicas molan, las gatas molan. Y los corgis tambien molan.