Nocturnes is a collection of supernatural novellas and stories which echoes the work of some of the masters of the genre—M.R. James, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King—while never losing the distinctive voice of the stories' creator, John Connolly. Here are lost lovers and missing children, predatory demons and vengeful ghosts. In the novella 'The Cancer Cowboy Rides,' a New Hampshire town is infected by the arrival of a tormented stranger; in 'Some Children Wander by Mistake,' a sinister circus returns to reap the fruits of seeds sown many years before; in 'The New Daughter,' a father comes to suspect that a burial mound on his land hides something very ancient, and very much alive; and in 'The Underbury Witches,' a pair of London detectives find themselves battling a particularly female evil in a town culled of its menfolk.

Finally, private detective Charlie Parker returns in the long novella, 'The Reflecting Eye.' The photograph of an unknown girl turns up in the mail box of an abandoned house once occupied by an infamous killer, forcing Parker to confront the possibility that the house of John Grady is not as empty as it appears, and that something has been waiting in the darkness for its chance to kill again...

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In the post for Moriquen.

Yeey, it has arrived! My husband basically threw 'a package' at me during the evening rush, which has been further complicated by having to attend a teacher-parent conference for the eldest (she's doing great) and the youngest screaming her head off because the chickenpox seem to be slowly killing her. (She really means to say: it itches like crazy and that annoys me, but no ... that little one is a bit of a dramaqueen sometimes.) And amidst all of that mayhem I took the time to slowly unpack the book and savour the tiny happiness that a wishlist book brings. Thanks for that, cluricaune!

PS: Ok, this might have been a slight exaggeration of how the night went. ;-)

A collection of short stories and novellas both terrifying and delightful. I enjoyed a few stories immensely, but my absolute favourite was 'The New Daughter'. The last image is still stuck in my head and it's difficult to erase. 😱 That being said, short stories are still difficult for me. They are too short for me to really get into the story and characters start blending into each other.
However I have made up my mind after reading 'The Reflecting Eye' that I definitely need to aquire more books in the Charlie Parker series. I just love this tragic character.
Thanks for sending it to me Cluricaune. The book will travel on through my little library.

Dit boek bevindt zich op de planken van de Abelebib. Veel leesplezier!

Dit boek mag, na een tijdje in de bib, ergens anders naartoe!

In the small library. Happy travels little book, may you find many interested readers.

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