Randall Haight has a secret: when he was a teenager, he and his friend killed a 14-year-old girl.The Burning Soul, John's tenth full-length Charlie Parker novel, will be released by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, Ireland and Australia on September 1, followed closely by the US release from Atria on September 6.
Randall did his time and built a new life in the small Maine town of Pastor's Bay, but somebody has discovered the truth about Randall. He is being tormented by anonymous messages, haunting reminders of his past crime, and he wants private detective Charlie Parker to make it stop.
But another 14-year-old girl has gone missing, this time from Pastor's Bay, and the missing girl's family has its own secrets to protect. Now Parker must unravel a web of deceit involving the police, the FBI, a doomed mobster named Tommy Morris, and Randall Haight himself.
Because Randall Haight is telling lies...
Watch his website for updates as the release draws closer and be sure to check out The Burning Soul.
