John Trent

John Trent is the main protagonist of the John Carpenters' film In the Mouth of Madness.
John is an investigator for insurance companies. His first job in the movie was proving that a man who claimed money for his shop being burned was a scam. John succeeded and his employer want to mission him for another job: find the missing horror writer, Sutter Cane. He quickly deduce that Cane is hiding himself in a non-list village in New-England and with Cane's editor, Linda Styles go search for him.