* * * WARNING: This book is for mature audiences only due to graphic violence, sex, and gore. The protagonist is not your typical perfect example of human morality. He struggles with his own demons. The Monster Within is superbly dark and twisted, and certainly not for all audiences.* * * With more than three decades on the force, Detective King grows nearer to retirement every day. Thinking to coast out what time remains, he finds himself wrapped up in a brutal case unlike anything he's ever seen before. Thinking he's stumbled upon yet another serial murderer, he closes in as the bodies pile up but against his best efforts the killer remains a step ahead. As the killer grows more bold, and makes his murdering spree personal, James struggles to ignore his own darker urges. Crime scene after elaborate crime scene he chases the clues only to uncover something he never could have imagined.