“Connolly has crafted perhaps one of the most darkly intriguing books this reviewer has encountered in more than three decades of reading criminal offense fiction.” -Web publishers Weekly (starred review)

The second thriller in John Connolly’s bestselling, chilling series featuring haunted private investigator Charlie Parker.

Charlier Parker, a previous NEW YORK detective having a haunted history, befriends a down-and-out mother with a little child. When she arises dead, Charlie’s first suspect is definitely her estranged husband. Charlie comes after the man’s path to Maine and there he turns into entangled in a series of strange occurances which all appear to harken back again to a string of unsolved murders that took place years before. The murders were never solved and today Charlie must hunt for a killer and the connection between two offences that span a century.