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- ISBN 9781444704747
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 10 Jan 2008
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This world is full of broken things
The psychiatrist Daniel Clay has been missing for years following allegations about the harm done to children in his care. If he's dead, some might say he got off lightly.
But the killer Merrick does not believe Daniel Clay is dead. Merrick was in prison when his child disappeared while being treated by Clay. Now he wants answers from Clay's daughter Rebecca, and if she can't provide them, he'll settle for revenge. Only private investigator Charlie Parker stands in his way.
But Daniel Clay may not have been acting alone, and neither is Merrick. Dark forces are gathering, intent on protecting old secrets - or revealing them. To shine a light on the past, Parker may have to set a fire that burns everything, and everyone, in its path.
'You'll be running shards of it through your mind once the book is finished'
Irish Times
'This man's so good, it's terrifying'
The 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.
