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★★★★☆ 4.13 • Goodreads

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If The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen left you craving unflinching women facing surgical evil, tear into Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Flawed heroine owns her darkness unapologetically
  • Serial killer psych w/ zero sanitization
  • Obsession & revenge fuel high-octane twists
  • Raw emotional scars drive complex dynamics

If The Surgeon made you crave the surgical precision of a killer's twisted logic paired with a woman who refuses to flinch, Jennifer Hillier's Jar of Hearts doubles down on that covenant. Here's Seattle's shadows hiding secrets as brutal as Boston's alleys, anchored by Geo Shaw—a protagonist whose complicity in her best friend's murder fourteen years ago collides with a present-day serial killer's return. The procedural bones satisfy, but it's the psychological marrow—obsession, betrayal, eroticized danger—that cuts deepest.

Pick this up if you're done with heroes and ready for survival.

This isn't redemption wrapped in soft lighting. Hillier excavates female rage and moral compromise with the same unflinching gaze Gerritsen trained on Rizzoli's trauma, delivering twists that reward your appetite for smart, unfiltered darkness.

Pick this up if you're done with heroes and ready for survival.

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What Readers Are Saying

"Frighteningly vivid and so tense...a sick, twisted and utterly compelling novel." Miriam Smith (A Mother’s Musings), Goodreads
"a gripping, emotive, dark and twisted psychological thriller...thought provoking, intense, and an emotional rollercoaster of a ride." Paromjit, Goodreads
"What a wild ride...this was one rollercoaster of a book! It actually managed to truly shock me..." Ellie Spencer (catching up from hiatus), Goodreads

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