Killing Hour

Killing Hour
Andrew Gross

SPECIAL PRICE FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. A jaw-dropping thriller from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and Reckless.A young man’s suicide.An elderly woman’s murder.A conspiracy stretching back decades.Dr. Jay Erlich’s life is perfect: a wife and children he loves; a successful career. But a call comes that changes everything. His troubled nephew, Evan, has killed himself and Jay’s brother is in despair.Jay flies to California to help out, and is soon convinced Evan’s death was no suicide. The police want him to leave the matter alone but he is determined to dig deeper. When his investigation takes him on a journey into his brother’s shady past, Jay finds himself caught up in a world of dangerous secrets and ruthless killers…

ANDREW GROSS

Killing Hour

To Alex Jeffrey Gross, his memory and brief life

Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse . . .

– Bruce Springsteen, ‘The River’

Contents

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Prologue

PART ONE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

PART TWO

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36