Killing Time
Thomas Berger
- Thomas
- Berger
- breaks
- all
- the
- rules
- in
- this
- detective
- story
- that’s
- less
- who-done-it,
- and
- more
- why-done-it.“An
- original
- and
- powerful
- tale
- of
- a
- saintly
- murderer.”—Arthur
- Koestler"Detweiler
- is
- one
- of
- the
- most
- complex
- characters
- in
- modern
- fiction...the
- eeriest
- thing
- about
- him
- is
- that
- he
- is
- wholly
- believable,
- which
- is
- to
- say,
- of
- course,
- that
- Thomas
- Berger
- is
- a
- magnificent
- novelist."—National
- ReviewMeet
- Joseph
- Detweiler—a
- polite,
- sincere,
- and
- thoughtful
- murderer.He
- believes
- in
- living
- in
- the
- moment,
- it’s
- just
- that
- every
- moment
- comes
- at
- a
- price.So
- when
- he
- murders
- Billie
- Bayson,
- her
- mother,
- and
- a
- boarder
- in
- their
- home
- on
- Christmas
- Eve,
- he
- really
- means
- no
- harm.
- He’s
- also
- not
- the
- first
- suspect.As
- the
- police
- delve
- into
- the
- sordid
- private
- lives
- of
- the
- Bayson
- family
- in
- the
- aftermath
- of
- this
- horrific
- event,
- seeking
- the
- real
- killer,
- Detweiler
- befriends
- Tierney,
- a
- detective
- assigned
- to
- the
- case.
- But
- as
- details
- of
- the
- case
- unravel,
- so
- does
- the
- chilling
- truth
- about
- Detweiler.
- He
- has
- not
- just
- committed
- the
- murder
- at
- hand.
- He
- believes
- he’s
- performed
- a
- kindness
- to
- Billie
- and
- to
- himself.
- In
- his
- mind
- has
- freed
- her
- from
- life,
- and
- himself
- from
- the
- flow
- of
- time.Can
- Detective
- Tierney
- live
- with
- knowing
- the
- killer
- was
- right
- under
- his nose?
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