Lou Ford is a deputy-sheriff in a town in Texas. He seems an everyday kind of guy, but he is hiding what he calls his “sickness”, a man with sadistic sexual tastes. He has a regular girlfriend but gets involved with a prostitute. This relationship unleashes his sociopath tendencies, resulting in a series of violent crimes. Lou thinks he has gotten away with his murders but the truth will catch up with him. A disturbing though captivating story.
“When you’re climbing up a cliff or just holding on for dear life, you keep your eyes closed. You know you’ll get dizzy and fall if you don’t. But after you fall down to the bottom, you open ’em again. And you can see just where you started from, and trace every foot of your trail up that cliff.”