A chilling thriller featuring Detective Charlie Parker from bestselling author John Connolly Not to be missed for fans of Stephen King & Michael Connelly When Charlie Parker was still a boy his father a NYPD cop killed a young couple a boy & a girl barely older than his son then took his own life There was no explanation for his actions Stripped of his private investigator's license & watched by the police Parker is working in a Portland bar holding down a job & staying out of trouble But in the background he is working on his most personal case yet an investigation into his own origins & the circumstances surrounding the death of his father Will It is an investigation that will reveal a life haunted by lies by his mother's loss & his father's betrayal by secrets kept & loyalties compromised And by two figures in the shadows a man & a woman with only one purpose to bring an end to Charlie Parker's existence