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The Instruments of Darkness

A Charlie Parker Thriller
By John Connolly
Series: Charlie Parker Thriller
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'John Connolly is the creator of a unique blend of thriller and horror who receives rave reviews every time' Sunday Telegraph'A moving entry in a remarkable series' Irish TimesA Child Missing. A Mother Accused. Charlie Parker Is Their Only Hope.In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A mother's worst fear realised; a court case that reveals the darkest of secrets - The Instruments of Darkness thrills from the very first page.

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'John Connolly is the creator of a unique blend of thriller and horror who receives rave reviews every time' Sunday Telegraph

'A moving entry in a remarkable series' Irish Times

A Child Missing. A Mother Accused. Charlie Parker Is Their Only Hope.

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.

'Dark and dangerous ... but where there is also kindness, loyalty, love. Ultimately, it's a story of hope' IRISH EXAMINER

Series: Charlie Parker Thriller

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529391879

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 580g

Pages: 464

Collections

Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction John Connolly Series: Charlie Parker Thriller

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. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC: Nocturnes Vol 2. He was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature n 2007. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.

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