From#1internationallybestsellingauthorJohnConnollycomesNocturnes,adark,daring,utterlyhauntingshotstoryanthologyoflostloversandmissingchildren,predatorydemons,andvengefulghosts.Connolly’scollectionofsupernaturalnovellasandstoriesechoestheworkofsomeofthemastersofthegenrewhileneverlosinghisowndistinctivevoice.In“TheNewDaughter,“afathercomestosuspectthataburialmoundonhislandhidessomethingveryancient,andverymuchalive;in“TheUnderburyWitches,“twoLondondetectivesfindthemselvesbattlingaparticularlyfemaleevilinatownculledofitsmenfolk.Andfinally,privatedetectiveCharlieParkerreturnsinthelongnovella“TheReflectingEye,“inwhichthephotographofanunknowngirlturnsupinthemailboxofanabandonedhouseonceoccupiedbyaninfamouskiller.ThisdiscoveryforcesParkertoconfrontthepossibilitythatthehouseisnotasemptyasitappears,andthatsomethinghasbeenwaitinginthedarknessforitschancetokillagain.
