An Hour to Kill by Dale Hudson and Billy Hills
A True Story of Love, Murder, and Justice in a Small Southern Town
McGregor Publishing - 1999
ISBN:0965384632 - Hardcover
Non-Fiction / True Crime

Reviewed by Jen Oliver, MyShelf.Com
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This book tells the fantastic, true crime story of Ken Register and his part in the vicious murder of his childhood friend, Crystal Faye Todd. It is extremely well written and fast-paced. Dale Hudson and Billy Hills do a great job of telling the story from a neutral point of view, and of showing how the little town in South Carolina was deeply affected by this tragic event.

The authors also do an excellent job of giving the details without boring the reader, as some true crime novelists do. It is a great debut novel in that it makes the reader want to know more. Hudson and Hills make the details of the trial and what happened between the families after the murder very interesting.

The authors also do an amazing job of showing what the families go through and the legal issues they continue to face. It is very hard to believe that Ken Register's family does not believe the hard-core DNA evidence that the prosecutors presented, and still feel that Ken is innocent.

A great job was done with this book by Dale Hudson and Billy Hills. If you are a fan of true crime, or are thinking about getting into it and want a good book to start with, read An Hour to Kill. You won't be disappointed.