NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOHN CONNOLLY PENS ANOTHER CHILLING THRILLER FEATURING PRIVATE DETECTIVE CHARLIE PARKER AS HE STRUGGLES TO FOLLOW A BITTER, VIOLENT TRAIL OF LOSS AND REVENGE.When the discovery of a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the grim truth behind the disappearance of a religious community, Charlie Parker is drawn into vicious conflict with a group of zealots intent on tracking down a relic that could link them to the slaughter. Haunted by the ghost of a small boy and tormented by the demonic killer known as Mr. Pudd, Parker is forced to fight for his lover, his friends...and his very soul.