Dan Wells – Mr. Monster

The second book of the I Am Not a Serial Killer series, Mr. Monster, begins shortly after the first.  John Wayne Clever still harbors feelings of a sociopath after killing the demon, Mr. Crowley.  John’s life seems to be copacetic for the moment, and improving with the growth of his relationship with Brooke as a high school girlfriend.  Yet, mysterious bodies begin to appear in random, public places, and John believes a second killer is amongst the town.  The last third of the book is between John and the killer with a unique twist that provides believable, psychological suspense.  There, John also battles his own inner demons.  The books subplots of John’s sister’s boyfriend, and Brooke tie in very well in the book’s final act.