With its singular characters, eerie subject matter, and socko style ( The New York Times ), this gripping Thriller from the internationally bestselling author John Connolly follows Private Investigator Charlie Parker as he is hired to track down the identity of a dead woman--who apparently died in childbirth--and her missing child.
With breathless pacing and shivery twists and turns, this is Connolly\'s masterpiece ( Publishers Weekly , starred review)..
And in a house by the woods, a toy telephone begins to ring and a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman.
Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in much more than a missing child...someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake.
Private detective Charlie Parker is hired by a lawyer to shadow the police investigation and find the infant but Parker is not the only one searching.
But there is no sign of a baby.
Investigators realize that the young Woman gave birth shortly before her death.
In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered.
With its singular characters, eerie subject matter, and socko style ( The New York Times ), this gripping Thriller from the internationally bestselling author John Connolly follows Private Investigator Charlie Parker as he is hired to track down the identity of a dead woman--who apparently died in childbirth--and her missing child
