Freak
The twisty, addictive psychological thriller from the author of THE BUTCHER
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3.8 • 19 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
'Hillier is the master of suspense' FREIDA MCFADDEN
Alone in a maximum-security prison cell in Seattle, Abby Maddox - the former lover of Ethan Wolfe, the killer who left more than a dozen women in his wake - is a celebrity. Abby has little human contact apart for the letters that pour in from her demented fans. But a new wave of murders gives Abby a chance for a plea bargain - because this killer has been sending her love letters, and carving a message on the bodies of the victims: Free Abby Maddox.
Jerry Isaac will never forget his attacker. He wants Abby Maddox to rot in jail - but he knows she could be the key to this disturbing new case. Can he and one of Wolfe's surviving victims, Professor Tao, put the pieces together before Abby's number one fan takes another life in their perverted pursuit of justice?
A killer's revenge is brutal and bittersweet . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Readers are advised to read Hillier's frightening 2011 debut, Creep, before this so-so sequel, which features many of the same characters. In the previous book, Abby Maddox, the girlfriend of serial killer Ethan Wolfe, went to prison for nearly cutting the throat of PI Jerry Isaac, a former Seattle policeman. In the year since that assault, the authorities have been trying to link Maddox to Wolfe's murders. With both the mental and physical scars still all too fresh, Isaac is horrified to learn of a new horror from his former Seattle PD colleagues. After strangling a young woman with a zip tie, someone carved "Free Abby Maddox" into her torso. The search for the killer inevitably connects to the previous crimes. Efforts at humor ("There was one simple reason Jerry didn't like cemeteries. They were full of dead people") do little to enhance a familiar serial killer story line.
