Mulholland Classic The Killer Inside Me, (Paperback)

from BruderBane

Creepy...yeah creepy is the appropriate adjective I'm looking for to accurately describe Jim Thompson's thriller "The Killer Inside of Me." This tale resonated with me perhaps due to my closeness to someone (also a murderer) who compartmentalizes eerily similar to the antihero Lou Ford. I've pers...

from Borrows-N-Wants

This book was slow starting and didn't really hook me from the beginning. It took me over sixty pages to become engrossed, but once I became involved, it was fast reading from there. This book is incredibly disturbing. You find yourself sympathizing and agreeing with a schizophrenic murderer. The...

from datrappert

Like most of Thompson's books, this one is a real downer, but watching this bad sheriff's deputy as he goes his merry way is certainly compelling. Even his indisputable intelligence can't humanize him in light of the cold-blooded way he treats others. Certainly one of the essential noir experienc...

from Michael.Xolotl

Not just the usual noir; the cynicism and violence are dialed up a notch, and, as a result, not the sort of book I normally read. However, I was impressed by the writing and the realism of the protagonist Lou Ford, who describes himself as a paranoid schizophrenic but is actually closer to a viol...

from CSDaley

This was a dark book. It holds up pretty well but I am not always a fan of some of the noir conventions. Not a feel good book in any way. Don't read this if you need something light and peppy. I will admit I am surprised it took me so long to read it. This is the type of mystery I would have swal...