Sandy Crosbie has just found herself smack-dab in the middle of small-town life and a nightmare. Sandy is teaching school in Torrence, Florida, a town with barely 4,000 residents, after her doctor husband moves her and their two teens from New York to the swampy, small-town community so he can be near his trashy Internet lover -- Kerri Franklin. Kerri can't seem to get enough plastic surgery and resembles a voluptuous cartoon character. To add insult to injury, Sandy is stuck teaching Kerri's teenage daughter in her classroom.

The most popular girl in school is abducted after school one day and a frantic search ensues. More girls soon disappear, creating terror in this small town as the bodies begin to pile up.

Ms. Fielding intersperses the mundane, trivial and scandalous happenings of small-town life with raw, brutal journal entries of the resident killer. She expertly captures characters' voices, personalities and scene details pulling the reader deeper into the tale. Chilling and creepy, HEARTSTOPPER offers more than a few "heartstopping" moments in its thrilling, suspenseful storyline that will keep readers up late into the night.