Monday Reads [32]

I Am Not a Serial Killer Published by Tor Books Also in this series: I Am Not a Serial Killer
by Dan Wells
Series: John Cleaver #1
on March 30, 2010
Genres: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Supernatural, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, YA
Pages: 272
Source: Purchased
Format: Paperback
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Also by this author: I Am Not a Serial Killer
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John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it.
He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential.
He's obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he's written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation.
Dead bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually. They don't demand or expect the empathy he's unable to offer. Perhaps that's what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there's something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat---and to appreciate what that difference means.
Now, for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can't control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could.
Dan Wells' debut novel is the first volume of a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams.

Welcome to Monday Reads! Where I just spend a few minutes sharing with you my current read and a snippet or two from my current chapter. Please let me know what you’re reading right now, too!

I’m going to be honest–I’d never even heard of this series before one of my friends picked it for book club. I had heard of Dan Wells’ Partial series, however.

But, I am so glad to have gotten to start reading this! It is not what I was expecting!

“Most people don’t realize how many different chemicals embalmers use, but the first thing that catches your eye is not how many there are, but how many different colors there are.”

p. 19

 

“‘The thing about boxes,’ I said, ‘is that you can open them up. Even though they’re completely boring on the outside, there might be something interesting inside. So while you’re saying all these stupid, boring things, I’m imagining what it would be like to cut you open and see what you’ve got in there.'”

p. 79

 

What are you reading, today??

 

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