'Connolly grips like a vice and he's an extraordinary storyteller' Crime Time 'One of the best
thriller writers we have' Harlan Coben Wyatt Riggins the boyfriend of rising Maine artist
Zetta Nadeau has gone missing leaving behind a cell phone containing a single-word message:
RUN. Private investigator Charlie Parker is hired to find out why Riggins has fled and from
whom. Parker discovers that Riggins an ex-soldier has been involved in the abduction of four
children from Mexico: three girls and a boy all belonging to the cartel boss Blas Urrea -
except Urrea's family is safe and well in Mexico which means the abductees cannot be his
children. Yet whoever they are Urrea wants them back and has dispatched his agents to secure
them even if it means butchering everyone who stands in their way. One of those agents is
Eugene Seeley a clever ruthless solver of other men's problems. The other is an unknown
woman. Every child has a mother. Now Charlie Parker will face one unlike any other and learn
the terrifying truth about the Children of Eve. Praise for John Connolly: 'John Connolly
is the creator of a unique blend of thriller and horror who receives rave reviews every time'
Sunday Telegraph 'Dark and dangerous . . . but where there is also kindness loyalty love'
Irish Examiner 'To my mind Connolly is Ireland's Stephen King' Matt Nixson The Express
