424 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 2015 by Hodder.

ISBN:
978-1-4447-5536-7
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OCLC Number:
896853738

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5 stars (2 reviews)

The next pulse-pounding thriller in John Connolly's internationally bestselling Charlie Parker series.

The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children’s future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town…

But the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.

Charlie Parker has been marked to …

6 editions

reviewed The wolf in winter by John Connolly (Connolly, John, 1968- Charlie Parker -- 12.)

Review of 'The wolf in winter' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Well written and great fun. A hard boiled detective investigates murderous goings on in a quaint little town in Maine against a backdrop of ghosts, ancient gods, secret societies, cults and feuding psychopaths. The pacing, characters and dialogue (especially between Louis and Angel) are all great. I particularly loved the parts where Parker is goading the locals.

I found this one in a charity shop which means I’ve started with number twelve. It worked on its own but there’s a bigger story running through the series so I may have to try and source the others in order

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Private investigators

Places

  • Maine