

Meanwhile, he grows closer to Brooke and decides to ask her out on a date – despite his recurring nightmares about harming her. John then meets his sister Lauren's new boyfriend, Curt, whose behavior earns him the top spot on John's list of suspects.

When Agent Forman informs John of a new murder victim, he begins to suspect that a new serial killer – possibly a demon – is on the loose. John frequently meets with an FBI investigator, Agent Forman, but is careful not to reveal any information about the supernatural activity he witnessed or the fact that he himself killed Crowley. His mom is now aware of his rules and helps to enforce them, but refuses to confront the reality that the Clayton Killer, posing as Mr. Monster" and which he previously let loose in order to save the town. In the aftermath of the Clayton Killer, John Wayne Cleaver struggles to balance his desire to do and be good with his darker side, which he calls "Mr. Monster", which was one of the aliases employed by serial killer David Berkowitz, also known as the "Son of Sam." Plot He has also commented that writing the sequels to Serial Killer "really helped me grow as a writer, by forcing me to dig deeper into the character and find new ways to challenge him and myself." This protagonist calls the darker part of his personality "Mr. He focused on balancing John Cleaver's sympathetic and frightening sides. Monster as "about half as gory as the first book, but at least twice as creepy". Monster required research into offender profiling and embalming. Wells had not planned to write a sequel novel, but after the success of I Am Not a Serial Killer, his publisher requested that the book be expanded into a trilogy.

The sequel to this book, I Don't Want to Kill You, was released in March 2011. An audiobook of the novel is available, narrated by Kirby Heyborne. It has been published in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Czech, and Croatian. The novel was the co-winner of the 2010 Whitney Award for Novel of the Year. Reviewers have praised both the continuation of the series' plot and the depth found in John's characterization. Monster", as well as the emergence of a second serial killer in Clayton County. The book focuses on the dual threats of the conflict between John and his darker side, which he calls "Mr. It is the sequel to I Am Not a Serial Killer and the second book in the John Wayne Cleaver series. Monster is a young adult horror novel by Dan Wells, published in 2010 by Tor Books and by Headline.
