Welcome to Prosperous. You may never leave.
Everybody thrives in the small, isolated community of Prosperous, Maine. Its habitants are blessed with good fortune, financial security and – crucially – privacy.
Some believe this affluence is the work of the town’s governors, the Selectmen. Others think it has something to do with the mysterious church that stands just outside the village. All agree that the town enjoys a peace which cannot – shall not – be disrupted.
So when private detective Charlie Parker arrives in Prosperous, asking about the death of a former client, its citizens close ranks.
Parker isn’t afraid of a fight, but when it comes to Prosperous and what dwells beneath it, maybe he should be . . .
‘Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers’
Daily Express
‘Few thriller writers can create a sense of menace and evil as deftly’
Irish Independent
Everybody thrives in the small, isolated community of Prosperous, Maine. Its habitants are blessed with good fortune, financial security and – crucially – privacy.
Some believe this affluence is the work of the town’s governors, the Selectmen. Others think it has something to do with the mysterious church that stands just outside the village. All agree that the town enjoys a peace which cannot – shall not – be disrupted.
So when private detective Charlie Parker arrives in Prosperous, asking about the death of a former client, its citizens close ranks.
Parker isn’t afraid of a fight, but when it comes to Prosperous and what dwells beneath it, maybe he should be . . .
‘Connolly has virtually no match when it comes to chilling his readers’
Daily Express
‘Few thriller writers can create a sense of menace and evil as deftly’
Irish Independent
Reviews
Few thriller writers can create a sense of menace and evil as deftly as Connolly does. Compelling.
Contains Connolly's usual brilliance with plot, dialogue, setting, humour and writing that is at times poetic
Connolly's writing is a cut above the rest, and the presence of the supernatural on the margins of the story gives it a tense, oppressive edge.
Superb . . . this thriller underlines just how fine a writer Connolly has become
Contains Connolly's usual brilliance with plot, dialogue, setting, humour and writing that is at times poetic: "Now, as a chill rain fell on the streets, specks of light showed through the moth holes in the drapes, and they glittered like stars": only Connolly could sprinkle stardust on dingy drapes.
The finest crime series currently in existence.
Superb . . . this thriller underlines just how fine a writer Connolly has become.
You may think at times you are reading a literary novel but then Connolly will remind you he's just as adept at the violent strategies of the thriller. Either way you will be left shaken by the experience.
Connolly's writing is poetic, mystical - and almost impossible to put down
Skilful at humour and building suspense, Connolly's writing is also poignant and at times downright beautiful
Few thriller writers can create a sense of menace and evil as deftly as Connolly does. Compelling.
Contains Connolly's usual brilliance with plot, dialogue, setting, humour and writing that is at times poetic
Connolly's writing is a cut above the rest, and the presence of the supernatural on the margins of the story gives it a tense, oppressive edge.
The finest crime series currently in existence.
Superb . . . this thriller underlines just how fine a writer Connolly has become.
You may think at times you are reading a literary novel but then Connolly will remind you he's just as adept at the violent strategies of the thriller. Either way you will be left shaken by the experience.
Connolly's writing is poetic, mystical - and almost impossible to put down
Skilful at humour and building suspense, Connolly's writing is also poignant and at times downright beautiful
Few thriller writers can create a sense of menace and evil as deftly as Connolly does. Compelling.
Contains Connolly's usual brilliance with plot, dialogue, setting, humour and writing that is at times poetic
Connolly's writing is a cut above the rest, and the presence of the supernatural on the margins of the story gives it a tense, oppressive edge.
The finest crime series currently in existence.
Superb . . . this thriller underlines just how fine a writer Connolly has become.
You may think at times you are reading a literary novel but then Connolly will remind you he's just as adept at the violent strategies of the thriller. Either way you will be left shaken by the experience.
Connolly's writing is poetic, mystical - and almost impossible to put down
Skilful at humour and building suspense, Connolly's writing is also poignant and at times downright beautiful
