"The Running of the Beasts" is a story about a serial killer in a small town in upstate New York. The authors (Pronzini and Malzberg) approach the serial killer story from a different angle. The story doesn't focus on one detective pursuing the killer, but shoots out into six different alternating points of view. These different points of view make the reading a bit difficult at first, but eventually you get used to these switches and how each of these characters develop. In the end, the story is haunting, cold, and brutal. The pace really picks up towards the end. Well worth reading. ( )