The Black Angel
Private Investigator Charlie Parker hunts evil in the fifth book in the globally bestselling series
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- 4,49 €
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- 4,49 €
Publisher Description
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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The first 60,000 copies of Irish thriller master Connolly's fifth Charlie Parker novel arrive signed, and with a CD. (The latter features tracks that either play a role in his darkly atmospheric novels, or are favored by their characters: everything from Kate Bush to Neko Case.) But fans won't need that much enticement to pick up his latest set of intricately plotted forays into the violent world of the undead. Parker has settled in Maine, still mourning his murdered wife and child while attempting devotion to his new partner, Rachel, and their infant daughter, Sam. At Sam's christening, Parker's sometime collaborator Louis receives an uninvited guest from New York: his aunt, distraught at the disappearance of her daughter, Alice, an NYC prostitute. It doesn't take much to draw an ambivalent Parker back into the game, and soon he's in New York and stumbling onto clues regarding the Black Angel, a statue associated with a Czech ossuary and sought by various evildoers for centuries or perhaps a living, bloodthirsty spirit. Trips to the Czech Republic and elsewhere ensue as Parker seeks to know this latest face of evil. Connolly delivers a very intense blend of Parker's authentic soul searching and of his own distinctive, moody grue. 22-city author tour.
