Dark Hollow
Private Investigator Charlie Parker hunts evil in the second novel in the globally bestselling series
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- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2010
Summary
Still raw from the brutal slayings of his wife and daughter, and the events surrounding the capture of their killer, The Travelling Man, Charlie Parker retreats to the wintry Maine landscape of his childhood. By following in the steps of his beloved grandfather, Parker hopes to heal his spirit and get through the bitter anniversary of Jennifer and Susan’s murder. But the echoes of the past that await him are not all benign. In a gruesome re-enactment of Parker’s own nightmares, another young …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444704693 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1444704699 |
| Author: | John Connolly |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Charlie Parker Thriller |
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Critics Review
Classic American detective fiction … and of a very high order - Bernard Cornwell, Mail on Sunday
Connolly’s evocative prose and sharp one-liners make it oddly akin to poetry - IndependentDespite the gore, this second novel is subtler and more complex than the best-selling EVERY DEAD THING. Connolly’s lyrical language and occasional mystical passages are reminiscent of James Lee Burke. His hero … is developing into a credible and sympathetic personality - Sunday Telegraph… a dark sense of foreboding from the opening pages should will and chill Connolly’s considerable fan-base through this second novel at great pace… Killer imagery is his secret weapon - Sunday Business Post, DublinDARK HOLLOW is a frightening, disturbing and brutal tale interspersed with great moments of dark humour - Yorkshire Evening PressConnolly is not an easy author to pigeonhole. He is his own man: an original and exuberant story-teller, as he proves once more with this enjoyable book - Scotland on SundayAtmospheric, compulsive and deeply upsetting, [DARK HOLLOW] mark(s) the appearance of a writer whose star is most definitely in the ascendancy - Manchester MetroClassic American detective fiction … and of a very high order - Bernard Cornwell, Mail on SundayAbout The Author
John Connolly
John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. His debut - EVERY DEAD THING - swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers, and all his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He is the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award.
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