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The Instruments of Darkness

A Charlie Parker Thriller
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‘One of the best thriller writers we have’ HARLAN COBEN ‘Dark and dangerous ... but where there is also kindness, loyalty, love’ IRISH EXAMINER In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child.... Read More
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The Instruments of Darkness

A child missing. A mother accused. Charlie Parker is their only hope.

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‘One of the best thriller writers we have’ HARLAN COBEN ‘Dark and dangerous ... but where there is also kindness, loyalty, love’ IRISH EXAMINER

In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child. Everyone—ambitious politicians in an election season, hardened police, ordinary folk—has an opinion on the case, and most believe she is guilty. But most is not all.

Defending Colleen is the lawyer Moxie Castin, and working alongside him is the private investigator Charlie Parker, who senses the tale has another twist, one involving a husband too eager to accept his wife's guilt, a disgraced psychic seeking redemption, and an old crooked house deep in the Maine woods, a house that should never have been built. A house, and what dwells beneath.

‘One of the greatest writers of our generation’ NICHOLAS SPARKS ‘Ireland's answer to Stephen King’ EXPRESS

Series: Charlie Parker Thriller

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529391909

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 464

About the Author

John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. His debut - EVERY DEAD THING - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers.

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