A simple act of violence by R. J. Ellory
A Simple Act of Violence by R.J. Ellory
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I found this very difficult to put down. The story was very believable which is really sad and an indictment on the way America works, or rather the way the story says it works. There were the usual twists in the story that I expect from books by this author.
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. He and his partner begin the task of correlating and cross-referencing the details of each crime scene. 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. This is a novel about trust, loyalty, and beliefs that are so ingrained which, when challenged, they leave people with nothing.
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