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  1. Published in 1952, The Killer Inside Me is a true classic of noir crime fiction--a dark, disturbing tale that seems somehow to improve with each reading, in this case, the third for me. The story is narrated by Lou Ford, a deputy sheriff in the small west Texas town of Central City.

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  2. Plot summary. Lou Ford appears to be an unremarkable deputy sheriff in a small Texas town; beneath this facade, however, he is a cunning, depraved sociopath with sadistic sexual tastes.

  3. Mar 13, 1991 · An underground classic since its publication in 1952, The Killer Inside Me is the book that made Jim Thompson's name synonymous with the roman noir. From the Back Cover "Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered."

  4. Nov 1, 2011 · Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers — the...

  5. Mar 13, 1991 · The Killer Inside Me is a chilling portrait of Lou Ford, the twenty-nine-year-old deputy sheriff of a small town in the oil fields of West Texas. Ford is experiencing a recurrence of "the sickness" that triggered a crime in his youth, a crime that his doctor father, now dead, covered up for him.

  6. Dec 14, 2012 · “The Killer Inside Me” looks like the garish cover of a sleazy paperback crime novel — it’s spectacular to watch, but it’s not prettified. The lurid colors and period details get under your skin like a bad tattoo and make you feel a little queasy.

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  8. Nov 1, 2011 · Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate entrepreneurs, and all of his coworkers — the low-lifes, the big-timers, and everyone in-between — as the nicest guy around.

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