A cannibalistic serial killer targeting gay men is on the loose. Devin, who has become increasingly erratic in the last two months, just split up with Gary, his lover of three years. Vanni, a habitué of the gay clubs, makes extra spending money on his knees in the club johns. Is one of these men the killer? Or will one of them instead become the killer’s next target? Detective Hollis Robbins is in charge of the case. He intends to stop the killer, if he can. When the killer strikes again the four men’s lives intertwine as the search for the murderer intensifies. Will the attraction that two of them begin to feel for each other survive the hunt? Do they have the strength to continue on after tragedy strikes and teaches them that love can be bittersweet?

The Beast Within

They arrived at the site fifteen minutes later to find the CSI leader waiting impatiently with his team. The body, what was left of it, was lying face-down on the dirt between two tall trees. After donning booties and gloves Hollis walked around it, careful not to disturb the surroundings any more than they already were, while Abbie went to talk to a man and a teenaged boy who stood beside a patrol car. Hollis could hear her talking to them as he worked.


“We come outta the trees,” the man said when she asked, “and there he was. At first I thought he might just be, you know, sunbathing or something considering he wasn’t dressed then I saw that he was missin’ an arm so I called you all real quick.”


“You didn’t see or hear anything?” Abbie inquired, taking notes.


Hollis heard her ask the teen as well. The kid replied, “No,” in a shaky voice.


Chapter 3