Everything seems to suggest the killer was on his way to deliver a final message, and that means there’s a final victim still alive somewhere in the city. Then, instead of finding him, they find his body in front of a city bus. The authorities have done all in their power to catch him, but the elusive killer is still on the streets. If you throw in a main character with his fair share of emotional turmoil, a healthy dose of corruption, and enough rats, body parts, and torture to satisfy lovers of truly dark horror fiction, what you get is an enjoyable read that breezes by despite coming in at over 400 pages.Ĭhicago residents have lived in fear of the Four Monkey Killer for over half a decade. Barker’s The Fourth Monkey has everything that makes such narratives great reading: tension, grisly murders, creepy/bloody messages left for the authorities, action in hidden corners of a big city, and a likeable cast of characters obsessed with catching the murderer. I’m a sucker for a good serial killer story, and J.D.
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