My Pet Serial Killer - by Michael J Seidlinger (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Dexter meets Secretary in Michael J. Seidlinger's provocative, disturbing literary thriller that reinvents the serial killer genre, exploring the psychology of desire. Claire studies forensic science, Victor is the Gentleman Killer. Subverting expectations, Clair seduces Victor and keeps him in her apartment as her pet, her darkest secret. Beautifully written, provocative to read, Seidlinger delves into Claire's motivations and impetus to present a compelling psychosexual portrait of a woman obsessed with performance, with power, with sex, and with gore.

Review Quotes

This book defies categorization: A new kind of serial killer story that pushes and prods in all the unexpected directions. You've never read anything quite like this.

CARLTON MELLICK IIIauthor of Kill Ball

A wonderful romp through American wound culture, exploring the connection between art, media, serial killing, romance and anonymity.

JOHANNES GORANSSONauthor of Entrance to a colonial pageant in which we all begin to intricate

A rowdy menagerie of the unexpected, this book will delight and disturb even the bravest of readers.

ALISSA NUTTING author of Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls

A story that is at once hilarious, pathetically sad, and a brilliant social critique.

JAMIE IREDELL author of The Book of Freaks

Part serial killer novel, part unhinged sociological treatise... dripping with unique and wonderful darkness.

J DAVID OSBORNE author of Low Down Death Right Easy