The awardwinning new supernatural thriller from the acclaimed author of Ghost Story, Koko, The Throat and The Talisman. Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralysing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr X. Now, with his birthday fast approaching, Ned has been drawn back to his home town of Edgerton, Illinois, by a premonition that his mother is dying. On her deathbed, she imparts to him the name of his longabsent father and warns him that he is in grave danger. Despite her foreboding, he embarks on a search through Edgertons past for the truth behind his own identity and that of his entirely fantastic family. But when Ned becomes the lead suspect in three violent deaths, he begins to realize that he is not the only one who has come home

Binding: Paperback;640 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 452 g; Dimensions: 153 x 176 x 42

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