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A Mother Accused. Charlie Parker Is Their Only Hope.</span><span><br/><br/>In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible murder of her child. Everyone - ambitious politicians in an election season, hardened police, ordinary folk - has an opinion on the case, and most believe she is guilty.<br/><br/>But most is not all. Defending Colleen is the lawyer Moxie Castin, and working alongside him is the private investigator Charlie Parker, who senses the tale has another twist, one involving a husband too eager to accept his wife's guilt, a disgraced psychic seeking redemption, and an old crooked house deep in the Maine woods, a house that should never have been built.<br/><br/></span><span class="a-text-bold">A house, and what dwells beneath.</span><span><br/><br/>'Dark and dangerous ... but where there is also kindness, loyalty, love. Ultimately, it's a story of hope'</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> IRISH EXAMINER</span><br> <span style="float:right" id="preview"></span> <br><br>Genre: <a class="ameritxt" href="/genres/?gp=M">Mystery</a><br> </div> <br> <div class="sectionhead">Visitors also looked at these books</div><br><div class="similarbook"><a href="/c/michael-connelly/waiting.htm"><img alt="cover of The Waiting" src="/img/_.png" data-US="51z0IA6RLVL._SL500_.jpg" data-GB="51hWQnlUUBL._SL500_.jpg" data-CA="51z0IA6RLVL._SL500_.jpg" data-AU="41X1i4iUSPL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185"></a><br><a href="/c/michael-connelly/waiting.htm">The Waiting</a><br>(<span class="iseries"><a href="/c/michael-connelly/harry-bosch/">Harry Bosch</a>, book 6</span>)<br><a href="/c/michael-connelly/">Michael Connelly</a></div><div class="similarbook"><a href="/c/robert-crais/big-empty.htm"><img alt="cover of The Big Empty" src="/img/_.png" data-US="51xHAR7Py2L._SL500_.jpg" data-GB="41jK99ns7NL._SL500_.jpg" data-CA="51xHAR7Py2L._SL500_.jpg" data-AU="41jK99ns7NL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185"></a><br><a href="/c/robert-crais/big-empty.htm">The Big Empty</a><br>(<span class="iseries"><a href="/c/robert-crais/elvis-cole-and-joe-pike/">Elvis Cole and Joe Pike</a>, book 20</span>)<br><a href="/c/robert-crais/">Robert Crais</a></div><div class="similarbook"><a href="/c/harlan-coben/nobodys-fool.htm"><img alt="cover of Nobody's Fool" src="/img/_.png" data-US="511qqrP7yxL._SL500_.jpg" data-GB="41JcJB1ookL._SL500_.jpg" data-CA="511qqrP7yxL._SL500_.jpg" data-AU="41JcJB1ookL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185"></a><br><a href="/c/harlan-coben/nobodys-fool.htm">Nobody's Fool</a><br>(<span class="iseries"><a href="/c/harlan-coben/detective-kierce/">Detective Kierce</a>, book 2</span>)<br><a href="/c/harlan-coben/">Harlan Coben</a></div><div class="similarbook"><a href="/s/karin-slaughter/we-are-all-guilty-here.htm"><img alt="cover of We Are All Guilty Here" src="/img/_.png" data-US="419CKOkJLWL._SL500_.jpg" data-GB="51Z0jk2D6YL._SL500_.jpg" data-CA="419CKOkJLWL._SL500_.jpg" data-AU="51EdM-QtNAL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185"></a><br><a href="/s/karin-slaughter/we-are-all-guilty-here.htm">We Are All Guilty Here</a><br><a href="/s/karin-slaughter/">Karin Slaughter</a></div><div class="spacer"></div><br> <div id="usedsection" class="sectionhead">Used availability for John Connolly's The Instruments of Darkness</div> <iframe id="abeframe" style="visibility:hidden;" width="710" height="0" src="about:blank" data-src="/frames/abe.001.htm"></iframe> <br> <div id="genre-list"></div>  <div id='ad-banner-bottom' class="ad-banner-bottom"></div>   <br> <div class="search"> <form action="/search/"><span class="searchtxt">Search for  </span><select class="searchselect" name="searchfor" onchange="this.form.keywords.focus();"><option selected="selected" value="author">Author</option><option value="book">Book</option><option value="series">Series</option></select>  <input class="searchinput" type="text" name="keywords" maxlength="60" required>  <input type="submit" value="Find"></form> </div> <a href="/about.htm">About Fantastic Fiction</a>       <a href="/information-for-authors.htm">Information for Authors</a> <br> <div class="footer"> <a href="/privacy.htm">Privacy Policy</a>       <a href="/cookie-policy.htm">Cookie Policy</a>       <a href="/terms.htm">Terms</a>       <a href="/affiliate-disclosure.htm">Affiliate disclosure</a>       <a href="/preferences.htm">Preferences</a> <br> Questions? 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