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A River Red with Blood: A Thriller

by John Connolly

Disappearances along the Kennebec

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    New York Times bestselling author

    The metadata describes John Connolly as a New York Times bestselling author.

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Disappearances along the Kennebec

Set in Maine’s rural Kennebec River Valley, the novel brings together two cases: the death of a young runaway found in the river and the disappearance of a teenage girl believed dead. Private investigator Charlie Parker is tasked with finding the connection between them. The publisher’s description also points to a conflict involving threats it characterizes as both new and ancient, placing the investigation within the series’ thriller framework.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers of the Charlie Parker novels.
  • For readers interested in suspense involving linked disappearances and a private-investigator case.
  • For readers drawn to thrillers set in rural Maine.

Themes

Disappearances and investigationRural community in crisisNew and ancient threats

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Book overview

Two intertwined disappearances leave a rural community in shock in the latest gripping Charlie Parker novel from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.

In a darkly brilliant thriller set in Maine's rural Kennebec River Valley, the body of a young runaway from a "troubled teens" school has been found in the water, seemingly drowned, while a teenage girl has gone missing, believed dead. Now it is up to one man, private investigator Charlie Parker, to find the connection, and bring two evils--one new and one ancient--to an end...
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