The Serial Killers Club

Dougie Fairbanks Junior

The characters in The Serial Killers Club     

Dougie Fairbanks Junior, Rich Burton, Cher, Tony Curtis, Betty Grable, William Holden, Burt Lancaster, James Mason, and Chuck Norris.

Each character in The Serial Killers Club has a oddity or idiosynchracy that makes them really entertaining in the book. These names are of course not their real names, they are all aliases of the various serial killers who have joined the club. Dougie is the main character. He really doesn’t belong in the group. I have grown to like his nervousness towards the others since he wasn’t actually a serial killer when he joined. Ironically, he has become one since, killing off the other members of the club to make sure none of them find out he’s not a serial killer.  An FBI agent has cut a deal for him to continue picking off the rest of the serial killers, because it’s doing the agency a favour. I’m interested in what will happen to Dougie after all of the others are gone. He obviously has no family missing him, he’s moved to Chicago for months and no ones been looking for him. Dougie always judges the other members of the club. The only one he likes is Chuck Norris because of his quick wit. I find Dougie is quite an entertaining character in this book.

 Sturan

The Serial Killers Club

Dark Humour 

My previous book Map of Bones was stolen, so just last week I began a new book: The Serial Killers Club. This book definitely uses an odd approach to a comedic story. The whole thing is about a man who accidentally becomes a serial killer…who kills serial killers. The story is told from the perspective of the main character which allows the reader to note two things: how insane the main character appears as the story continues, and the comparison of the main character’s insanity to the rest of the ’skillers’ in the obscene club. While keeping on the morbid topic of murder, the book keeps a surprisingly bright tone. The various characters all accept eachother regardless of their ways. It could be some are reluctant of expressing their dislike out of fear for becoming the next victim. Whatever the case, most have very positive relationships, other than the main character who is killing them all off. So far this book is sufficiently entertaining. The dark humour is well used and keeps me flabberghasted that its actually funny while reading!