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- ISBN 9781444704723
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2006
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Witness the origin of evil
A young woman goes missing from the streets of New York. Those who have taken her believe that nobody cares about her, and that no one will come looking for her. They are wrong.
Reluctant to leave his newborn daughter, private investigator Charlie Parker is compelled to intervene by an unexpected personal connection. The young woman is cousin to Louis, the killer who stands at Parker's right hand, and to whom Parker owes a debt of loyalty - and more.
Now their search will lead them to a sect linked to centuries of slaughter, to a church decorated with human bones, and to a prize sought by the worst of men: a statue.
But a statue that may be alive...
'Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers'
Daily Express
'An impressive feat of storytelling'
Irish Times
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, the co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly's 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.
In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. 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.
