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Beschreibung
An ancient war. A new battleground.The border between the United States and Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled through it, anything at all.

But when individuals linked to a group of ex-soldiers begin to die, private investigator Charlie Parker uncovers the true horror of what these men have been carrying across the border.

Now other forces have been drawn to the cargo and the evil it contains - and to combat them, Parker must seek help from one of the few beings, in this world or the next, of whom he is truly afraid . . .

'[A] creepy thriller from a modern master' Daily Mirror'In Herod . . . he may have created his creepiest villain yet'Sun
An ancient war. A new battleground.The border between the United States and Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled through it, anything at all.

But when individuals linked to a group of ex-soldiers begin to die, private investigator Charlie Parker uncovers the true horror of what these men have been carrying across the border.

Now other forces have been drawn to the cargo and the evil it contains - and to combat them, Parker must seek help from one of the few beings, in this world or the next, of whom he is truly afraid . . .

'[A] creepy thriller from a modern master' Daily Mirror'In Herod . . . he may have created his creepiest villain yet'Sun
Über den Autor

John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly's debut - EVERY DEAD THING - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC: Nocturnes Vol 2.

In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 560 S.
ISBN-13: 9781444711189
ISBN-10: 1444711180
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Connolly, John
Hersteller: Hamlyn
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 33 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: John Connolly
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.04.2014
Gewicht: 0,379 kg
Artikel-ID: 107264657