Short Synopsis
Jennifer Hillier amps up the terror of her debut thriller, Creep, returning to the Pacific Northwest college town where one killer's stranglehold has ebbed . . . but another sick mind emerges from the shadows.

Full Synopsis
Inside a maximum-security prison cell, Abby Maddox is serving twenty years for slashing Seattle PD officer Jerry Isaac's throat during the harrowing capture of her former lover, serial killer Ethan Wolfe. To the demented fans, lunatics, and creeps on the outside, she is a celebrity. But to Jerry, now a private investigator whose scarred neck and tortured speech are daily reminders of Abby's vicious attack, she alone may be the key to solving a new wave of murders. Because this killer has been sending her love letters, and carving a message on the victims' bodies: Free Abby Maddox.

With the help of intuitive criminology student Danny Mercy, Puget Sound State professor Sheila Tao, and seasoned detective Mike Torrance, Jerry must coax the shattering truth from isolated, dangerous Abby—before her number one fan takes another life in the name of a killer's perverted idea of justice.

"The second book in this series leaves [fans] hungry for the next. Taut and fraught with surprise twists, Hillier's thriller is addictive." ---Kirkus

"Freak is difficult to put down." ---National Post

"Hillier adopts the style of the great fifties noir authors, which those who prefer their crime clean may find a bit too dark. But if your tastes run to Cornell Woolrich or Jim Thompson, Hillier is what you've been waiting for." ---The Globe and Mail

"Freak is an exhilarating serial killer thriller . . . fast-paced . . . a shocking final twist." ---GumShoe Review