The Man with the Monkey Tattoo is a tale of vengeance. A hit man going by the name Jason Davis has been pursuing his cousin's murderer for nearly two decades and has finally tracked him down to the city of Vandalia, Illinois. He doesn't know his name. He only knows that the man he's looking for has a monkey tattoo. This collection continues with a horror story called Motel Road. Then, El Sereno, a crime story set on an island off the western coast of Central America. The fourth story is Sunflowers, a thriller about things that aren't what they seem to be. Next is a story of greed and supernatural revenge called The Lake. Finally, you have Bartender, which is a flash fiction thriller about gambling for your life.