From back cover:
Meet Arthur Blume: charming guy, small town English professor, struggling writer and occastional murderer. In this beautifully articulated debut, R. M.Kinder brilliantly channels arthur's voice to reveal the aberrant thought processes of a surprisingly sympathetic serial killer. Horror arises as it does in real life, in brief hints and disclosures that gradually reveal the omplex nature of an all too-human narrator.