Book description
The Cop is the second novella in award-winning author R. J.
Ellory's electrifying ebook-exclusive 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.
Had I know then how this case would trouble me, well, maybe I would
have done things differently. But hindsight is like that. Looking
back, it's always so easy to make the right decision...
My name is Detective Maguire of Chicago PD 9th Precinct Homicide
Division. I got a wife, two kids, and a job that some days can suck the
life outta you. This case, this pretty kindergarten teacher choked to
death on her kitchen floor, should have been open and shut. We did our
research, canvassed the neighborhood and finally we got our man. Walked
in right off the street, don't you know, and owned up to it. One killer,
one confession, one sure-fire conviction. And yet, something just don't
sit right for me. And the devil is in the details, or so they say. R.
J. Ellory is the critically acclaimed author of nine previous novels
including the bestselling A Quiet Belief in Angels
, which was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection and won the Nouvel
Observateur Crime Fiction Prize.
Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-three languages, and
he has won the USA Excellence Award for Best Mystery, the Strand
Magazine Best Thriller 2009, the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of
the Year for A Simple Act of Violence
and the Quebec Laureat. He has been shortlisted for a further thirteen
awards in numerous countries, including four Dagger Awards from the UK
Crime Writers' Association.
Despite the American setting of his novels, Ellory is British and
currently lives in England with his wife and son.
To find out more visit www. rjellory. com
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