The Instruments of Darkness: A Charlie Parker Thriller
May 2024 · Hachette UK
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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
'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
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4.5
19 reviews
Sharon Trew
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May 15, 2024
His books are unique...read them for yourself..you will not be disappointed. Mr Connolly keep "knocking them out"
John H
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March 3, 2025
Not a bad book but not as good as hoped from Connolly.
Nico Viergever
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July 23, 2024
The weakest in the Charlie Parker series.
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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