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The Number One bestseller, now out in paperback.
Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings and in doing so damned himself. His life was torn apart. He was imprisoned, brutalized.
But in his final days, with the hunters circling, he tells his story to private…
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1 author picked A Time of Torment as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Mr Connolly has always been a great writer but here I felt that he excelled himself.
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