Det. Archie Sheridan led the Beauty Killer Task Force for ten years, before the Beauty Killer (Gretchen Lowell) caught him, tortured him for ten days and then mysteriously let him go and turned herself in.
Beauty Killer #1
Minotaur Books
August 2008
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Featuring: Gretchen Lowell; Archie Sheridan
352 pages ISBN: 0312947151 EAN: 9780312947156 Mass Market Paperback Add to Wish List
Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful and brutal serial killer. In the end, she was the one who caught himβ¦and tortured himβ¦and then let him go. Why did Gretchen spare Archieβs life and then turn herself in? This is the question that keeps him up all nightβand the reason why he has visited Gretchen in prison every week since.
Meanwhile, another series of murders is tearing up the Portland streets. Archie seems to be getting closer to solving this high-profile caseβ¦until he finds himself in a fatal collision course with the killerβone that inevitably leads him back to his former captor. Gretchen may be the only one who can help do justice. The only thing she canβt do, this time, is save Archieβs life.