Monster City: A Hardboiled Horror Mystery

John Cowlin grew up in a Northwest suburb of Chicago. He has been an educator for more than 20 years. He has a wife and four children, and the Revel Outdoor is a movie theater he built in his backyard. Monster City is his first novel.

Susan Sewell, Readers’ Favorite: ＂Monster City by John Cowlin is a riveting sleuth mystery set in a city of monsters. Once you start reading it, you won’t be able to put it down. John Cowlin has created an incredible story world where breakfast is served at dusk and the city wakes up with the rising of the moon. Monsters may seem a little frightening, but according to Vic, the real monsters don’t reside in Monstruo. The real monsters live outside the city where the normals reside. The more you get to know the characters and the inhabitants of Monstruo, the more you understand the definition of what a true monster is. There is an unexpected twist at the end that I should have seen coming, but I was so caught up in the story that I missed all the clues. This is a great book and I recommend it for all those who like monsters mingling with detective mysteries. A word of caution, though, this book contains some very strong language and some sexual content, and is suitable for a more mature reader.＂