Jim Thompsons "The Killer Inside Me" Paperback Novel

In a sleepy Texas town, Lou Ford, the deputy sheriff, hides a chilling secret beneath his polite facade. As his dark nature emerges, the tension builds, unearthing the terrifying truth inside the mind of this seemingly ordinary man. This novel is an intense exploration of duality and hidden evils. • Paperback edition • Fiction/crime genre • Vintage Crime series • Cover design by Keith Sheridan • Stanley Kubrick quote on cover In The Killer Inside Me, America's "Dimestore Dostoevsky" Jim Thompson goes where few novelists have dared to go, giving us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American Serial Killer years before Charles Manson and Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho, in the novel that will forever be known as the master performance of one of the greatest crime novelists of all time. Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers — the low-lifes, the big-timers, and everyone in-between — as the nicest guy around. He may not be the brightest or the most interesting man in town, but nevertheless, he's the kind of officer you're happy to have keeping your streets safe. The sort of man you might even wish your daughter would end up with someday. But behind the platitudes and glad-handing lurks a monster the likes of which few have seen. An urge that has already claimed multiple lives, and cost Lou his brother Mike, a self-s