RJ Ellory

Crime writer Roger Jon Ellory was born in Birmingham. He lost his parents at an early age and, after a turbulent youth and failed intentions to pursue a career in photojournalism, he set about becoming a writer. He penned over 20 novels before his first was published in 2003. Since then he’s gone from strength to strength - his novels have been translated into various languages, and his novel Candlemoth was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller in 2003. his last novel, A Quiet Belief in Angels, catapulted him to the top of the bestseller lists. His latest novel, A Simple Act of Violence, is a gripping account of a series of murders in Washington DC.

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A Simple Act of Violence
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. 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.