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The Wolf in Winter
448 pages
A dread-soaked, pulse-pounding descent into a wealthy, secretive town guarding ancient, lethal secrets.
What it feels like
This pulse-pounding thriller plunges readers into a dread-soaked atmosphere where ancient secrets fester beneath the veneer of a wealthy, insular community. The narrative moves at a propulsive clip, driven by a haunted, lethal protagonist whose compassion is matched only by his capacity for rage and vengeance. As the layers of a seemingly perfect town are peeled back to reveal the chilling ruins and vicious protectors beneath, the mood grows increasingly menacing and suspenseful. The prose is tense and atmospheric, perfectly suited to a story that blends the gritty edge of a private investigator mystery with the creeping dread of a horror tale. It is a deeply satisfying read for those who devour dark, supernatural-tinged suspense about relentless seekers of justice confronting entrenched, ancient evil.
- Mood
- dread-soaked
- haunted
- chilling
- suspenseful
- Tone
- menacing
- intense
- vengeful
- grim
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- insular communities · hidden secrets · righteous vengeance · ancient evil · the cost of compassion
- The writing
- Tense and atmospheric, leaning into the dark, lethal edge of its protagonist and the eerie history of its setting.
- The arc
- Moves from a chilling sense of hidden wrongness to a rage-fueled, high-stakes confrontation with entrenched evil.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave dark, supernatural-tinged thrillers featuring haunted, relentless investigators taking on deeply corrupt towns.
Content notes
- murder
- violence
- child disappearance
- death of a parent
About the book
The next pulse-pounding thriller in John Connolly's internationally bestselling Charlie Parker series.
The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children’s future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town...
But the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.
Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive.
Prosperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins...
Description from Open Library.
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