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“Cain continues to lure us with her shocking violence, plot twists, and wonderful characters.”
— RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
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The narrative bounces along with Cain's trademark mix of tight plotting, creepy characters, and body parts.
— Charlotte Observer on Evil at Heart
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Cain is among a new breed of women writers stepping way out of the stereotypical female comfort zones ... serving up meatier and more gruesome stories.... Cain knows how to keep readers fortified with psychological drama.
— Chicago Sun Times on Evil at Heart
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She's the most twisted--and most beautiful--serial killer on the planet, and she's back... Cain's wonderfully over-the-top series takes a new turn when fans of Gretchen try their hand at killing. It's not to be missed.
— USA Today on Evil at Heart
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You have to hand it to Cain, who's made the serial-killer genre a thoroughly female-friendly experience. . .[She] churns stomachs with a delicate touch.
— The New York Times Book Review on Evil at Heart
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Chelsea Cain fills her new novel with dark atmosphere, a quick-thinking, likable hero, fast-moving narrative and plenty of wit.
— Associated Press on The Night Season
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Cain's fine fourth thriller. . .Cain easily weaves the history of the real-life Vanport flood with her trademark heart-stopping moments, and fans will be pleased to see the series flourishing without Gretchen on every page.
— Publishers Weekly (Top 10 Mystery of the Year) on The Night Season
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Superb. . .[Cain is] the new queen of serial-killer fiction.
— Kirkus Reviews on The Night Season
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Superb . . . Cain skillfully incorporates the details of the real-life Vanport flood into her story. . . . Cain pinned readers to their seats with a unique mix of horror, black humor, and psychological tension. This time she adds another arrow to her narrative quiver: the interplay between landscape and mood. This may be the best thriller set in a flooding city since Donna Leon's Acqua Alta.
— Booklist (starred review) on The Night Season
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Cain's prose is taut, tense, and terrifying as this strange case develops and shudders with new details and twists. You'll never guess the ending.
— Providence Journal on The Night Season
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Cain kept me perilously on edge at all times, teetering off a watery precipice from which there may have been no escape. I cannot recommend her immersive work highly enough.
— Louisville Courier-Journal on The Night Season
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High-octane ending. . .The world that Cain creates is as dark and ominous as ever.
— The New York Times Book Review on The Night Season
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Cain's novel has headlong pacing, endearing characters, twisted humor, and scalpel-sharp descriptions of murder and mayhem. It grabs you like a deadly undertow and doesn't let you go.
— Parade Magazine on The Night Season
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Utter engrossing. . .Cain [creates] riveting character drama between two damaged souls.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Utterly fresh and compelling. . .Cain hits the narrative throttle with all cylinders firing. Like the best thriller writers, though, she knows how to ease off the throttle, too, making room for subtle and satisfying character interplay but at the same time building tension as we wait for the narrative to burst into overdrive once again. Masterful on every level.
— Booklist (starred review)
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Reader Christina Delaine does a fine job differentiating between female characters…Her triumph is the evil tone she brings to Gretchen.
— The Star-Ledger
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“In this fifth Archie/Gretchen matchup, Chelsea Cain's writing is sharp as a scalpel, and Delaine wields it with deadly accuracy.
— AudioFile Magazine, AudioFile Earphones Award Winner