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The siege has begun.
The C astle is a safe haven, a gated community in a nation troubled by the war in
Vietnam, political assassinations, and the growing shadow of Watergate. For the
disillusioned publisher Hamer, it is an escape from a world that has disappointed him.
But something is very wrong in the C astle. A teenage boy has gone missing. There are
thefts, threats, shootings. Hamer has begun to fear the C astle may not be so safe after
all, and he and his neighbors are the targets of a conspiracy with a single purpose: to
destroy five families and punish them for the sins of their children.
And one of those families could be his own.
Now Hamer must confront the dark truths behind the Castle, truths that lie terrifyingly
close to home.
Because security requires sacrifice.
And blood will out.
John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the
Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author
of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John C onnolly''s debut - EVERY DEAD THING -
introduced the character of Private Investigator C harlie Parker, and swiftly launched him
right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday
Times bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 C WA Short Story Dagger for On the
Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC : Nocturnes
Vol 2.
In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-
American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar
award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the
2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.
The C astle is a safe haven, a gated community in a nation troubled by the war in
Vietnam, political assassinations, and the growing shadow of Watergate. For the
disillusioned publisher Hamer, it is an escape from a world that has disappointed him.
But something is very wrong in the C astle. A teenage boy has gone missing. There are
thefts, threats, shootings. Hamer has begun to fear the C astle may not be so safe after
all, and he and his neighbors are the targets of a conspiracy with a single purpose: to
destroy five families and punish them for the sins of their children.
And one of those families could be his own.
Now Hamer must confront the dark truths behind the Castle, truths that lie terrifyingly
close to home.
Because security requires sacrifice.
And blood will out.
John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the
Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author
of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John C onnolly''s debut - EVERY DEAD THING -
introduced the character of Private Investigator C harlie Parker, and swiftly launched him
right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday
Times bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 C WA Short Story Dagger for On the
Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC : Nocturnes
Vol 2.
In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-
American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar
award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the
2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.
- Publisher Name:Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781399758604
- Author:Connolly, John
- Publication Date:2027-05-06
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