The New York Timesâbestselling author âshows how a serial killerâs paradise and a serial killerâs hell are really the same placeâ (Brian Evenson, O. Henry Awardâwinning author).
When a serial killer hits the top of his game, where does he go from there? William Colton Hughes finds out. Not interested in notoriety, Hughes just wants to do what heâs good at: torture and murder. It never occurs to him that he could make a living at it . . . until the yoga instructor.
She happens to be the girlfriend of a powerful and cunning crime boss who catches Hughes literally red-handed. In a twist even Hughes never sees coming, heâs not immediately put down. Instead, heâs set up in a warren of apartments. Hughesâs own private high-rise sanctuary, where his new benefactor feeds victims to him. He couldnât ask for more. But when his supplies stop coming, Hughes begins to lose his already tenuous grip on realityâand learns that even monsters have their own boogeymen to deal with . . .
âA grim, funny, stylish hallucination of a bookâmurderous insanity seen from the inside out. Youâll be revolted by this guy, but heâll fascinate you too.â âJack Ketchum, Bram Stoker Awardâwinning author
â[Jonesâs] writing is hallucinogenic, varied, fascinating. . . . Big names in writing [come] to mind: Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, even Faulkner.â âNew Pages
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