Freak (Creep #2) by Jennifer Hillier

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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Surprisingly I liked Freak more than the first novel, Creep. Not sure if it had anything to do with me reading it on my plane ride down to sunny Florida, but I really enjoyed it!

Freak begins almost right away from where Creep left off, but the focus is more on Abby, which I really loved! I liked Abby and she was an interesting villain. It was interesting to see the power that she held over people when she was sitting in jail.

4 calculators out of a potential 5. This is my third Jennifer Hillier novel (Jar of Hearts, Creep and now Freak) and I’m happy to say that I’m a fan and can’t wait for her future novels!

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