Complex sentence: Like its predecessor, the novel follows the trail of an especially demented and elusive criminal, this time one who leaves his victims alive but completely mutilated with their arms, legs, genitals, ears, nose, lips, teeth, and eyelids surgically removed.
Split into simpler sentences: Like its predecessor, the novel follows the trail of an especially demented and elusive criminal. This time, the criminal leaves his victims alive but completely mutilated with their arms, legs, genitals, ears, nose, lips, teeth, and eyelids surgically removed.