I am not a serial killer by Dan Wells
Headline Publishing Group, 2009.
(Age range: 14 - 16) John Cleaver has an obsession with
serial killers. His mother and aunt run the mortuary and his estranged
father was also a mortician. John has grown up exposed to dead bodies
in one form or another. When random killings begin to happen in Clayton
County, the town where he lives, he is determined to solve the case as
to who and why they are happening.
John has been seeing Dr Neblin a psychologist for some time to try and
sort through his strange fascination and in doing so has established
rules for himself to try and maintain a hold on his emotions and
actions.
This becomes increasingly difficult as the killings continue and he
gets closer to the killer. Unleashing his dark side John establishes a
plan to trap the killer, however in doing so is frightened by what he
is becoming and the lengths he will go to and the people he will
inadvertently involve.
John has few friends and those he has at the start of the story are
soon alienated by his strange and peculiar behaviour.
This is a thrilling story not suited to everyone as it contains quite
gruesome and frightening events. It is advertised as the first book in
a darkly comic new series from debut author Dan Wells. Mr Monster the
next title is due for release in the UK in March 2010.
Tracy Glover