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Book SynopsisEVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.
In South Carolina, a young man faces the death penalty for the killing of Marianne Larousse, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. It''s a case that nobody wants to touch, a case with its roots in old evil - and old evil is private detective Charlie Parker''s speciality.
But Parker is about to make a descent into the abyss, a confrontation with dark forces that threaten all that Parker holds dear: his lover, his unborn child, even his soul. . . For in a prison cell, a fanatical preacher is about to take his revenge, as is a strange, hunched creature that keeps its own secrets buried by a riverbank: the undiscovered killer Cyrus Nairn. Soon, all of these figures will face a final reckoning in southern swamps and northern forests, in distant locations linked by a single thread, a place where the paths of the living and the dead converge. A place known only as t
Trade Review
Connolly has honed the private eye's instincts into a sensibility of palpable evil that makes a strong core to this intelligent thriller. * The Times *
Connolly has honed the private eye's instincts into a sensibility of palpable evil that makes a strong core to this intelligent thriller. * The Times *
One of the fastest-paced and most complex thrillers . . . A cracking read from an excellent and highly original writer. * Sunday Independent *
