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Author: R J Ellory
Narrator: Alan Nebelthau
Genre: Crime
Age Group: Adult
Book Reference: RTL1214
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2459 0
Duration: 18h 45m (approx.) on 16 CD(s)
Publication Date: 1st March 2009
Vast in scope, A Simple Act of Violence is an expose of the brutality of covert operations, the power of greed and the insidious nature of corruption. It is also a story of love and trust that somehow managed to survive the very worst that the world could throw at it.
Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, didn't want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a 4th murder, when they gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people who could ignore it.
Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case. Rapidly things begin to complicate. The victims do not officially exist. Their personal details do not register on any known systems. The harder Miller works, the less it makes sense.
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...
R J Ellory started writing more than ten years ago and hasn't stopped since. His was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller in 2003.
He divides his time between his work as a novelist and voluntary programmes in the areas of drug rehabilitation and youth literacy. He is married with one son and lives in England.
Saga
“Ellory brings a new psychological and moral tension to the genre, mixing Washington politics with serial killings.”
The Guardian
“An awesome achievement - a thriller of such power, scope and accomplishment that fanfares should herald its arrival.”
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