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The Killer Inside Me Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Killer Inside Me.
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Lou Ford first sets eyes on a bum outside the local diner. A deputy, Lou says that he does not believe in force and does not carry a gun or even a nightstick. When the bum sizes Lou up as an easy mark, Lou crushes out a cigar in the man's hand, sending him scurrying out of town. When Lou is later sent to confront a prostitute, he is given the discretion by his superior, Sheriff Bob Maples, whether to run the woman out of town or to simply tell her to stop her trade. When Lou arrives, the woman—Joyce Lakeland—mistakes him for a customer and sends him to the bedroom. There, he finds a gun and when she returns, shows his badge which prompts her to lash out at him. He brutally beats her and at the end of the beating they have sex. This begins a relationship between...
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This section contains 545 words
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