An Hour to Kill: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Justice in a Small Southern Town

Hudson, Dale; Hills, Billy

ISBN 10: 0965384632 / ISBN 13: 9780965384636

Published by McGregor Hill Pub, Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1999

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FLAT SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS ON THE TITLE PAGE. DALE HUDSON HAS ALSO WRITTEN AN INSCRIPTION. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 282 pages. South Carolina crime story. NOT an ex-library copy or a remainder. GIFT GIVING CONDITION.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Hour to Kill: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Justice in a Small Southern Town
• Publisher: McGregor Hill Pub, Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0965384632
• ISBN 13: 9780965384636
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: BOOK NEW
• Dust Jacket Condition: DUSTJACKET NEW
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

A vicious murder.

Churchgoer. Family friend. All-American boy. Murderer. Ken Register, much to the shock of the small town of Conway, South Carolina, was all of these things. Clean-cut, polite to a fault, and respectful of elders, Ken was the kind of guy parents wanted their daughters to date. But only months after a seventeen-year-old girl's brutal murder, the residents of Conway were in for another suprise: that the killer was one of their own.

A stunned community.

Crystal Todd and Ken were "best friends," and had even briefly dated. When Crystal's hideously gutted body was found near the woods of Conway, Ken checked in every day to console Crystal's mother and inquire about the murder investigation.

A shocking killer.

Ken was practically the last person anyone would suspect. Until he started acting nervous and suspicious, afraid he would be "framed" for Crystal's murder. And until DNA tests confirmed that he was indeed the man who repeatedly raped and stabbed Crystal Todd, then left her mutilated body in a ditch.

Discover, through fascinating first-person accounts, the tortured Southern son who committed murder; the courageous detective determined to break the case; the broken mother who lost her only child; and the disbelieving parents who, to this day, defend their son's innocence.

About the Author

Billy Hills is Associate Professor of Psychology at Coastal Carolina University.

Dale Hudson is a successful businessman. Both authors, life-long residents of South Carolina, spent nearly five years researching for An Hour To Kill.