The Fallen
A detective with a unique gift, a tragic suicide and big city corruption – ‘The Fallen’ is the stunning new thriller from the author of ‘The Blue Hour’: ‘a great writer… he’s amazing’ Lee Child
What if you could tell someone was a killer just by looking at them?
Detective Robbie Brownlaw can. A six-storey plunge from a burning hotel leaves him with the usual broken bones – and something different. Synesthesia. The ability to see words and emotions as colours makes Robbie a human lie detector.
It’s a condition that might have helped Garrett Asplundth. Hired to look into rumours surrounding a certain madam’s Little Black Book, Garrett found a lot more than the usual round of losers and sad husbands. But the dirt came at a high price.
Now he’s dead and it’s only when Robbie gets hold of the book that he finds out just why Garrett was so curious – and why others will kill to get it back…
Praise for ‘The Fallen’: -
”'Writes with intelligence, style and sensitivity, and he belongs in the first rank of American crime novelists.” - Washington Post
”'Excellent…with his trademark psychological acuity and empathy, Parker creates a world of fully realized characters coping with obsession and loss…compelling.” - Publisher’s Weekly
”'Deft…his dialogue crackles and pops in an intricate and well-paced tale set in a city where shadowy characters lurk beneath sunny skies.” - Booklist
Praise for Jefferson Parker: -
”'A great writer…he’s amazing.” - Lee Child
‘Parker gets better and better.' Literary Review -
‘Insanely imaginative.' New York Times -
”'Parker has only one rival - Thomas Harris.” - Washington Post
”'One of our top writers.” - Harlan Coben
”'I rank the crime novels of Jefferson Parker up there with the best.” - Sue Grafton