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

“Sorry, sir.” Devin drew his attention back to the meeting. The last thing he needed was to lose his job at this point. That would really put a topper on things. He had been thinking, before his boss made his comment, about what to do after work since it was Friday night. He was damned if he was going to stay home and curl up with a book and a beer. That smacked of feeling sorry for himself. On the other hand he wasn’t all that certain he wanted to hit the clubs. Gary could be at any one of them and after last weekend he wasn’t willing to face him again.


Chapter 7