Killer Inside Me is a famous novel by Jim Thompson, a modern classic and recognized researcher of the dark sides of human nature. Stanley Kubrick considered this book the best noir detective of all time, and Stephen King calls Thompson his favorite author.
Lou Ford is an assistant sheriff in a small Texas town. He is unhurried, a bit boring, and friendly—just one of the guys. He utters commonplaces and is polite to offenders. No one around him suspects that behind the mask of good-naturedness there is a silent, relentless killer.