A year after serial killer Ethan Wolfe is killed and his
lover Abby Maddox is incarcerated for the attempted murder
of PI Jerry Isaac, bodies of half-naked young women are
found throughout Seattle. It becomes obvious there is a
connection to the earlier case, since "Free Abby Maddox" is
carved into their backs.
Abby is serving a 20-year sentence for her attack on Jerry
(she slashed his throat with a knife), while authorities
are also getting ready to prosecute her for the many
murders her ex-lover carried out. Always the master
manipulator, Abby finds out about the new murders and wants
to facilitate a plea bargain before her murder trial starts
next month. She's been receiving fan letters and knows
about the website set up in her name, and Abby is sure she
can provide police the new serial killer's name. In
exchange, she wants to be sent to a minimum-security prison
and all murder charges dropped.
This is the last thing Jerry Isaac wants to happen. He and
his old partner, Seattle detective Mike Torrance, know Abby
is working the system and has some devious plan already set
in motion. They just have to figure out what it is,
especially when her information leads them to apprehending
the killer and they have to honor her plea-bargain demands.
Of course, Jerry and Mike are right in their assessment of
Abby and her manipulative ways, and it doesn't take long
for their worst nightmare to come true. Will they be able
to ascertain her latest scheme before it's too late for
another victim?
FREAK is the sequel to Jennifer Hillier's
frighteningly chilling CREEP, which I thoroughly enjoyed
and highly recommend. However, FREAK fell short of my
expectations. Anticipating the same level of spellbinding
suspense and frightening revelations, I was somewhat
disappointed as I easily figured out most of the plot
twists. That said, this creepy psychological thriller is
well-written and I was compelled to finish it.
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?
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