The Whisperers

'Oh,littleone,'hewhispered,ashegentlystrokedhercheek,thefirsttimehehadtouchedherinfifteenyears.'Whathavetheydonetoyou?Whathavetheydonetousall?'InhislatestdarkandchillingCharlieParkerthriller,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorJohnConnollytakesustotheborderbetweenMaineandCanada.Itisthere,inthevastandporousGreatNorthWoods,thatadangeroussmugglingoperationistakingplace,runbyagroupofdisenchantedformersoldiers,newlyreturnedfromIraq.Illicitgoods--drugs,cash,weapons,evenpeople--arechanginghands.Andsomethingelsehaschangedhands.Somethingancientandpowerfulandevil.Theauthoritiessuspectsomethingisamiss,butwhattheycan'tknowisthatitisinfinitelystrangerandmoreterrifyingthananyonecanimagine.Anyone,thatis,exceptprivatedetectiveCharlieParker,whohashisownintimateknowledgeofthedarknessinmen'shearts.Asthesmugglersbegintodieoneafteranotherinapparentsuicides,Parkeriscalledintostopthebloodletting.Thesoldiers'actionsandtheobjectstheyhavesmuggledhaveattractedtheattentionofthereclusiveHerod,amanwithatasteforthestrange.AndwhereHerodgoes,sotoodoestheshadowyfigurethathecallstheCaptain.Todefeatthem,Parkermustformanuneasyalliancewithamanhefearsmorethananyother,thekillerknownastheCollector....