A Simple Act of Violence by Rj Ellory
Washington has a new menace... a serial killer whose victims don't exist... Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, did not want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people that could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case, and rapidly uncover a complication. The victims do not officially exist. Their personal details do not register on any known systems. And as Miller unearths ever more disturbing facts, he starts to face truths so far-removed from his own reality that he begins to fear for his life.
A stunning work of crime fiction..a gem of a crime novel that should be up there with the best of them. -- Anthony Lund * ALLBOOKS REVIEW *
A standout thriller...Ellory seamlessly connects this whodunit with a dirty history of the CIA, crafting a tale that grimly makes the personal political. * THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER *
A standout thriller...Ellory seamlessly connects this whodunit with a dirty history of the CIA, crafting a tale that grimly makes the personal political. * THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER *
R.J. Ellory is a critically acclaimed author whose novels include the bestselling A Quiet Belief in Angels, which was a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and won the Nouvel Observateur Crime Fiction Prize. Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-six languages, and he has won the USA Excellence Award for Best Mystery, the Strand Magazine Best Thriller 2009, the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for A Simple Act of Violence, the St Maur Prize, the Avignon Readers' Prize, the Livre de Poche Award and the Quebec Laureat. He has been shortlisted for a further thirteen awards in numerous countries, including four Daggers from the UK Crime Writers' Association. To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on X @rjellory
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752883090 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752883097 |
| Title | A Simple Act of Violence |
| Author | R J Ellory |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2011-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Prizes | Winner of Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010 (UK) |
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