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An Hour To Kill: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Justice in a Small Southern Town (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
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 residen...more
Mass Market Paperback, 272 pages
Published
March 2nd 2001
by St. Martin's True Crime
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I grew up in the town where and when this actually happened. I remembered a lot of it, but there was stuff I'd forgotten. I was hoping that by reading this book as an adult, I'd get more insight into the case, particularly the trial. I'm not sure I did...but there just may be nothing else to get. I lived through it, so I did know most of what was in the book--our town was consumed by it for years. This was one of the first cases in SC to use DNA evidence almost exclusively. Did Ken Register do ...more
This is a true crime story of a teenage girl that was murdered in 1991 in Conway. Her best friend was charged and convicted (you know this from the cover). The book covers the investigation and the trial. Mickey Spillane and his wife (they lived in Murrells Inlet) got involved and tried to proclaim his innocence. I found the book very interesting and well written.
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I wasn't crazy about this book-it was slow to keep my attention-regardless of the terrible crime,
I just couldn't get into it. Not really sure why.
I just couldn't get into it. Not really sure why.
I think this book was way to short.
I wanted to read this book because I live somewhat close to Conway, S.C. I found myself feeling like the convicted man's mother knew what he did. She almost came off as being mentally ill, which I guess isn't a stretch considering the crime her son was convicted of. I am so partial to Ann Rule, though, that I couldn't give this book more than three stars.
I sat in the court room with the killer in 1999 while in college, this book really hits another level of interesting for me. The victim in this story lived and grew up in the town where my college is located in SC. Great, SAD story.
One of my first True Crime books. Great plot/story.
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