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Darkly brilliant and intuitive private detective Charlie Parker returns in the thrilling "New York Times" bestselling series: "Read this with the lights on and the doors locked" (BookReporter.com).In the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of a plane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing. But men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money. It is power: a list of names, a record of those who have struck a deal with the devil. Now a battle is about to commence between those who want the list to remain secret and those for whom it represents a crucial weapon in the struggle against the forces of darkness. The race to secure the prize draws in private detective Charlie Parker, a man who knows more than most about the nature of the terrible evil that seeks to impose itself on the world, and who fears that his own name may be on the list. It lures others, too: a beautiful, scarred woman with a taste for killing; a silent child who remembers his own death; and a serial killer known as the Collector, who sees in the list new lambs for his slaughter. But as the rival forces descend upon this northern state, the woods prepare to meet them, for the forest depths hide other secrets. "Strongly recommended for plot, characterization, authenticity...horror...and humanity" ("Library Journal, "starred review), this is John Connolly at his finest.

Prosperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins . . .The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town . . .But the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive.

The next pulse-pounding thriller in John Connolly's internationally bestselling Charlie Parker series.The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its childrens future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the townBut the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive.Prosperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins

Daniel Clay, prestigiós psiquiatre infan­til, va desaparèixer entre rumors insistents d'abusos sexuals als nens que atenia. Cinc anys després dels fets, quan ja l'han donat per mort, la seva filla Rebecca rep la visita inquietant d'algú que no creu la versió oficial: Frank Merrick, obsessionat per descobrir la veritat sobre la desaparició de la seva pròpia filla. Rebecca contracta el detectiu Charlie Parker per protegir-se de Merrick. En el curs de la investigació, obstaculitzada per persones interessades a silenciar els fets, Parker provocarà l'aparició de forces misterioses, uns éssers turmentats que ja no podrà aturar. Girs inesperats en la trama, fenòmens paranormals misteriosos i una dura passejada per les àrees més terribles de l'ànima humana caracteritzen la narració de Connolly, que, amb aquest nou cas del detectiu Parker, continua explotant el seu estil particular, que constitueix ja una autèntica renovació per al gènere policíac.

Hailed as "one of the best" (Toronto Sun) writers of contemporary suspense fiction, international bestselling author John Connolly returns with an electrifying novel featuring his acclaimed private detective, Charlie Parker. In South Carolina, a young black man faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. It's a case that nobody wants to touch, deeply rooted in old evil -- and old evil is Charlie Parker's specialty. He's about to enter a living nightmare, a dreamscape of sorrow haunted by the murderous specter of a hooded woman, by a black car waiting for a passenger that never comes, and by the sinister complicity of both friends and enemies in Larousse's brutal death. Soon, all will face a final reckoning in an unearthly realm where the paths of the living and the dead converge. A place known only as the White Road.

Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has been missing for years following revelations about harm done to the children in his care. Believing him dead, his daughter Rebecca has tried to come to terms with her father's legacy, but her fragile peace is about to be shattered. Someone is asking questions about Daniel Clay, someone who does not believe that he is dead: the revenger Merrick, a father and a killer obsessed with discovering the truth about his own daughter's disappearance. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired to make Merrick go away, but Merrick will not be stopped. Soon Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth about Daniel Clay to be revealed, and those who want it to remain hidden at all costs. But there are other forces at work here. Someone is funding Merrick's hunt, a ghost from Parker's past. And Merrick's actions have drawn others from the shadows, half-glimpsed figures intent upon their own form of revenge, pale wraiths drifting through the ranks of the unquiet dead. The Hollow Men have come ...

Private detective Charlie Parker is faced with untangling a twisted story brimming with betrayal, secrets, and murder when a psychiatrist goes missing after revelations come to light about harm done

John ConnollyCinq ans que le docteur Daniel Clay, pédopsychiatre à la réputation trouble, n'a plus donné signe de vie. Comment expliquer que les enfants ayant subi des abus sexuels qu'il suivait retombaient invariablement dans l'enfer du viol? Quelle horrible realite se cache derrière le temoignage enigmatique fait par les victimes : un vieux clocher, des hommes à têtes d'oiseaux? Autant de questions auxquelles le prive Charlie Parker doit repondre, et vite. Car un père en deuil, ex-tueur à gages, compte bien faire justice lui-même. Aveuglement. Quand les rapaces deviennent les proies, difficile de distinguer le bien du mal : dans les forêts profondes où le conduira cette course-poursuite, Parker devra faire l'apprentissage de la pitie. Et peut-être, enfin, faire taire ces voix qui chuchotent dans la nuit.

They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects. A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis's blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss. Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?

Eine junge Frau verschwindet spurlos in den Straßen von New York. Charlie Parker, Privatdetektiv aus Maine, wird beauftragt, sie zu finden. Er stößt auf die makabren Reliquien eines uralten Totenkultes. In einem Beinhaus im böhmischen Sedlec, inmitten atemberaubender Kunstwerke aus menschlichen Knochen, steht er dem leibhaftigen Grauen gegenüber.

The border between Maine and Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled across it: drugs, cash, weapons, people. Now a group of disenchanted former soldiers has begun its own smuggling operation, and what is being moved is infinitely stranger and more terrifying than anyone can imagine. Anyone, that is, except private detective Charlie Parker, who has his own intimate knowledge of the darkness in men's hearts. But the soldiers' actions have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod, a man with a taste for the strange. And where Herod goes, so too does the shadowy figure that he calls the Captain. To defeat them, Parker must form an uneasy alliance with a man he fears more than any other, the killer known as the Collector ...

En esta novela rebosante de imaginaci#n, John Connolly, celebrado autor de novela polic#aca, ofrece a los lectores de todas las edades que se atrevan a internarse en este m#gico mundo, una historia imposible de soltar. Samuel Johnson tiene una serie de problemas. Su padre se preocupa m#s del coche que de la familia, su madre se siente sola y #nicamente su perro, Boswell, lo comprende de veras. Por si esto fuera poco, los Abernathy, sus estramb#ticos vecinos, est#n a punto de abrir las puertas del infierno sin saberlo. Samuel puede impedirlo, pero nadie va a creerle, y el tiempo corre... De pronto, el destino de la humanidad est# en manos del peque#o Samuel, de un perro a#n m#s peque#o y de un demonio muy desafortunado llamado Nurd. En esta novela rebosante de imaginaci#n, John Connolly, celebrado autor de novela polic#aca, ofrece a los lectores de todas las edades que se atrevan a internarse en este m#gico mundo, una historia imposible de soltar. Rese#as: "Aterrador y muy divertido." Eoin Colfer, autor de Artemis Fowl "Brillante. La habilidad de Connolly para crear personajes es magistral." Los Angeles Times

En esta novela rebosante de imaginaci#n, John Connolly, celebrado autor de novela polic#aca, ofrece a los lectores de todas las edades que se atrevan a internarse en este m#gico mundo, una historia imposible de soltar. Samuel Johnson tiene una serie de problemas. Su padre se preocupa m#s del coche que de la familia, su madre se siente sola y #nicamente su perro, Boswell, lo comprende de veras. Por si esto fuera poco, los Abernathy, sus estramb#ticos vecinos, est#n a punto de abrir las puertas del infierno sin saberlo. Samuel puede impedirlo, pero nadie va a creerle, y el tiempo corre... De pronto, el destino de la humanidad est# en manos del peque#o Samuel, de un perro a#n m#s peque#o y de un demonio muy desafortunado llamado Nurd. En esta novela rebosante de imaginaci#n, John Connolly, celebrado autor de novela polic#aca, ofrece a los lectores de todas las edades que se atrevan a internarse en este m#gico mundo, una historia imposible de soltar. Rese#as: "Aterrador y muy divertido." Eoin Colfer, autor de Artemis Fowl "Brillante. La habilidad de Connolly para crear personajes es magistral." Los Angeles Times

His client is dead. But Charlie Parker will not rest . . .The community of Prosperous, Maine, has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own.The death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive.