AUTHOR'S NOTE

THE LOVE KILLINGS is an experiment for me as a writer in the sense that it’s an actual continuation of CITY OF ECHOES, Detective Matt Jones’s first murder case. A lot of loose ends were still in play at the end of that first thriller, and I enjoyed every one of them. But now six weeks of story time have passed – the chase is on – and THE LOVE KILLINGS is off and running. While it may not be necessary to have read CITY OF ECHOES first, (and yes, several twists and turns from the first novel are openly discussed in the second), the two novels back to back deliver something more than I could have ever wished for or even imagined. I hope you love reading these two novels as much as I loved writing them.

Sleep Loose,

Robert Ellis

T H E  L O V E  K I L L I N G S

THE LOVE KILLINGS is set six weeks after CITY OF ECHOES when a new series of particularly gruesome murders occur in Philadelphia. All evidence points to the killer who fled LA, a man of unprecedented savagery and cunning. Detective Matt Jones is recruited by a federal prosecutor to join the FBI's manhunt and capture this brutal mass killer once and for all. With Matt's life hanging in the balance, this all-out thriller is an explosive and extremely frightening read. Fans of Ellis's THE DEAD ROOM will no doubt enjoy the return to Philadelphia as a setting and the brief reappearance of criminal defense attorney Teddy Mack.