#BookRecommendation- ‘Freak’ by Jennifer Hillier

Any plans for reading something this weekend? Perfect weather for lazing around on a beach….in a park…in the garden …or if you are like me, and hate the sun, hoping for thunder and rain ?

At the moment, I am knee deep in Jennifer Hillier’s ‘Freak’, which apart from adoring the noirish, rainy cover, is also scaring my socks off.

She wrote one of the scariest books I had read in a long time, ‘Wonderland and so when I saw ‘Freak‘ in the library I was in two minds whether to pick it up or not.
So glad that I did! It’s not for the faint of heart, and although it’s a follow up to ‘Creep‘ you can read it as a stand alone.

She also sends out a wicked newsletter and has a new book out that is frankly terrifying in August called ‘Jar Of Hearts‘, link to her website below.
If you like races against time, serial killers, psychological thrillers and menace , you definitely need to check her out!

Here is the book blurb-

Sitting alone in a maximum-security prison cell, Abby Maddox is a celebrity. Her claim to fame is the envy of every freak on the outside: she’s the former lover of Ethan Wolfe, the killer who left more than a dozen dead women in his wake and nearly added Puget Sound State professor Sheila Tao to the tally. Now Abby, serving a nine-year sentence for slashing a police officer’s throat in a moment of rage, has little human contact—save for the letters that pour in from demented fans, lunatics, and creeps. But a new wave of murders has given Abby a possible 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 the attack—or his attacker. The hideous scarring and tortured speech are daily reminders that the one-time Seattle PD officer, now a private investigator, is just lucky to be alive. Abby Maddox deserves to rot in jail—forever, as far as Jerry’s concerned. But she alone may possess crucial evidence—letters from this newest killer—that could crack open the disturbing case. With the help of Professor Sheila Tao, seasoned police detective Mike Torrance, and intuitive criminology student Danny Mercy, Jerry must coax the shattering truth from isolated, dangerous Abby Maddox. Can he put the pieces together before Abby’s number one fan takes another life in the name of a killer’s perverted idea of justice?

Sounds good, doesn’t it?

I picked this up courtesy of our fabulous library service which is small , but has all of Jennifer’s books!

About the author…

Jennifer Hillier writes about dark, twisted people who do dark, twisted things. Born and raised in Toronto and a proud Canadian, she spent eight years in the Seattle area, which is where all her books are set.

She loves her son, her husband, the Seahawks, and Stephen King. Not equally, but close. She’s the author of five novels. Her newest psychological thriller ‘Jar Of Hearts’, is available now.

Links-http://www.jenniferhillierbooks.com/

Twitter @JenniferHillier