ôStealthy, furtive, unhurried yet urgentà In a few seconds of efficient butchery, the chickens are dead and dismembered.ö Someone is on a killing spree û slaughtering the school pets with a cold-blooded savagery.

The number-one suspect: Johnny Middleton. JohnnyÆs had problems in the past, but theyÆre behind him now.

So what if he still sees the world a little differently?

HeÆs not crazy and heÆs not a killer. And heÆs going to prove it.