
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. They don't demand or expect the empathy he's unable to offer.


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.ĭead bodies are normal to John. He's obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential.

“Brilliant! full of unforgettable characters, creepy thrills, and dangerous twists you won’t see coming.John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. regardless of your age or your genre preferences, you will find this story both profound and enthralling.” (Brandon Sanderson, New York Times best-selling author) "The beauty of the prose, mixed with the depth of characterization, gives the haunting, first-person narrative a human touch. 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. 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.

John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. Dan Wells's debut audiobook, I Am Not a Serial Killer, is the first installment in a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams.
