The Killer: Book 3 of THREE DAYS IN CHICAGOLAND

· Three Days is Chicagoland Book 3 · Hachette UK
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The Killer is the final book in award-winning author R.J. Ellory's electrifying ebook trilogy, THREE DAYS IN CHICAGOLAND. The testimonies of the sister, the cop and the killer will at last reveal the dreadful truth behind the brutal murder of a young girl in Chicago in 1956.

Let's face facts here-there's some folks who just shouldn't be allowed to raise up kids.
Harsh, but true.

I'd have to include myself among them, for sure, but I reckon my father would get top billing.

I've been in Chicago for over ten years now. I was raised in Taylorville, Illinois, but I fled here back in '46. Not before I took a childhood of batterings from my old man, and saw my ma suffer vicious beating after vicious beating. Oh yeah, Ray Woodroffe regretted both his marriage and his kids, and he didn't shy away from showing us.

So I came here. Earned some money, got a place of my own. But that kind of cruelty leaves its mark. It's hereditary. And it found its way into my heart, my bones, my blood. I've been living with guilt a good long time now and finally it's time to make amends. I am a killer and tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, not a moment sooner or later, I am going to die in the electric chair.

Includes an exclusive preview of Ellory's gripping novel, A Dark and Broken Heart.

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3.5
13 reviews
A Google user
May 17, 2012
I thought that the twist at the end was ok, nothing more, but ok. The fact that this "chapter" is 50 or so pages and 200 pages of an extract from another book is very poor value in my opinion.
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A Google user
June 24, 2012
A good read but wish it had a bit more of an ending - it seemed to just end with no explanation as it went in to a long extract from another book
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A Google user
May 16, 2012
I cannot download this book, is there any way of getting a refund? Thanks.
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About the author

R.J. Ellory is the author of twenty novels published by Orion UK, and his work has been translated into twenty-six languages. He has won sixteen international literary awards including the Quebec Booksellers' Prize, the Livre De Poche Award, the Strand Magazine Novel of The Year, the Mystery Booksellers of America Award, the Inaugural Nouvel Observateur Prize, the Quebec Laureat, the Prix Du Roman Noir, the Plume d'Or for Thriller Internationale 2016, the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year, both the St. Maur and Villeneuve Readers' Prizes, the Balai d'Or 2016, and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs on two occasions. He has been shortlisted for two Barrys, the 813 Trophy, the European Du Point, and five Crime Writers' Association UK awards. Among other projects, he is the guitarist and vocalist of The Whiskey Poets, and has recently completed the band's third album. His musical compositions have been featured in films and television programmes in more than forty countries. He has four television series and two films in pre-production, and has recently started work on the French film adaptation of A Quiet Belief in Angels. To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on X @rjellory

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