Jervey Tervalon 
Monster’s Chef 
A Novel

From award-winning, Los Angeles Times bestselling author Jervey Tervalon comes a highly clever, twisting tale of suspense involving drugs, perverse sex, and poisonous celebrity worship, in which a man trying to rebuild his life becomes entangled in dangerous and deadly circumstances.Once upon a time, Gibson was a successful chef with a popular restaurant and a beautiful loving wife. He was also a drug addict with a habit that nearly destroyed him.Fresh out of rehab, hes now using his skills to feed his fellow halfway house residents budget gourmet mealsa talent that attracts two shady women who offer him a job cooking for a music superstar named Monster. Though Gibson doesnt have a good feeling about his seeming good fortune, he needs a job.Arriving on Monsters compound, Gibson senses that trouble is still on his tail. First, hes asked to sign a confidentiality agreement. Then he meets the compounds gardener, who warns him not to go outside at nightand tells him that to stay alive he must see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing.It is advice that proves all too true when Gibson discovers a dead body near his bungalow a few nights later. Suddenly, all hell is breaking loose . . . and Gibson is at the center. Now he has to figure out how to escape this terrifying nightmare . . . and whether he can.