Witness the origin of evil
A young woman goes missing from the streets of New York. Those who have taken her believe that nobody cares about her, and that no one will come looking for her. They are wrong.
Reluctant to leave his newborn daughter, private investigator Charlie Parker is compelled to intervene by an unexpected personal connection. The young woman is cousin to Louis, the killer who stands at Parker’s right hand, and to whom Parker owes a debt of loyalty – and more.
Now their search will lead them to a sect linked to centuries of slaughter, to a church decorated with human bones, and to a prize sought by the worst of men: a statue.
But a statue that may be alive…
‘Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers’
Daily Express
‘An impressive feat of storytelling’
Irish Times
A young woman goes missing from the streets of New York. Those who have taken her believe that nobody cares about her, and that no one will come looking for her. They are wrong.
Reluctant to leave his newborn daughter, private investigator Charlie Parker is compelled to intervene by an unexpected personal connection. The young woman is cousin to Louis, the killer who stands at Parker’s right hand, and to whom Parker owes a debt of loyalty – and more.
Now their search will lead them to a sect linked to centuries of slaughter, to a church decorated with human bones, and to a prize sought by the worst of men: a statue.
But a statue that may be alive…
‘Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers’
Daily Express
‘An impressive feat of storytelling’
Irish Times
Reviews
A Gothic horror story and a well-paced thriller. John Connolly writes beautifully ... and his violent set pieces are satisfyingly exciting and vibrantly realised.
Stylishly literate gore and terror
There is a precision to the horrors that make them one of the few sequences to have found anything interesting to say about serial killers since Thomas Harris.
Dark and powerful yet beautifully written
Great narrative talent packed with vivid scenes and sequences. An impressive feat of storytelling
Satisfying and literate thrill ride
John Connolly has taken his serial hero and changed him from an ex-cop turned private eye to a supernatural detective whose own ancestry is as murky as it is fascinating. It's another bestseller of course.
One to keep you up at night
Private detective Charlie Parker chases strung out prostitutes and ossuary-building killers in a page-turner that harks back to the fall of the rebel angels.. The action stays both speedy and gruesome
'This is not just a powerful thriller, it's also a titanic battle between the forces of good and evil, with religion and the supernatural stirred into the brew. . . his most operatically large scale book yet.'
'If all the Old Testament mumbo-jumbo recalls The Da Vinci Code, The Black Angel is still five times as suspenseful and at least ten times as compelling.'
Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers.
Colourful but visceral grand guignol, and definitely not to be read at night.
The master of supernatural sleuthery.
Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers.
Colourful but visceral grand guignol, and definitely not to be read at night.
The master of supernatural sleuthery.
Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers.
Colourful but visceral grand guignol, and definitely not to be read at night.
The master of supernatural sleuthery.
