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

“What?” Vanni looked at him in surprise. Then he nodded slowly. “That’s…yeah. I don’t really pay attention to people there but…yeah, that’s it. Thanks.”


“You must have loved him very much,” Marsh said quietly. When Vanni froze, a flash of deep pain on his face, Marsh regretted he’d said that. “I’m sorry,” he whispered.


“No need to be and I did.” Vanni smiled at Marsh. “I suppose I could say the same of you because now that I think of it I’ve seen you there, well sort of, several times.”


“My sister, before you get the wrong idea.”


“Ah ha, so you presumed I was visiting, damn, I hate that word but what else can you call it, but anyway you presumed it was a man I was there for. Why?”


“Your face. You don’t hide your emotions very well. There was always so much pain and anguish.” Marsh paused then added. “Actually until I saw you with your friends a few weeks ago, I couldn’t have said for certain it was a man. It could have been your wife.”


Chapter 48