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Dennis Nilsen murdered 15 men over a period of four years. This was truly a chilling account of a very sick human being. He reminded me somewhat of the more recently infamous Jeffrey Dahmer. From the back cover: "In an unremarkable apartment house on an almost too placid suburban London street, tenants reported a blockage in the plumbing. Workers were shocked to discover its source: a dense accumulation of human flesh. This horrifying revelation quickly led to the unmasking of one of the most monstrous serial killers of our time. His name-Dennis Nilsen. His crime-the murder of 15 men over a period of four years. While unsuspecting neighbours went about their business, this mild civil servant collected dead bodies. He strangled his victims while they slept, then kept them as companions, dressing them, bathing them, talking to them. Later, he deposited his onetime "friends" in a grave beneath the floorboards, or dismembered them before flushing them down the toilet."

Like the rest of Bill Moody's Ethan Horne novels, the ending is somewhat perfunctory. However, the ride to get there is enjoyable and entertaining.

When I started reading this book, I quickly became engrossed in the story and in the style he used. I was sorry to hear that his account had been discredited, that he exaggerated or told some things that weren't exactly true. But I still thought it was a great book. Its fast pace and lack of quotations gave it an immediacy that I liked. It gave a glimpse of an addict's thinking and feeling that was very powerful. I appreciated meeting the characters that he met at the rehab center. It is definitely a story that might help someone to think twice before using potentially addictive substances. But the many of the needs he felt are part of all of us.