{"product_id":"the-lovers-a-thriller-9781439193624","title":"The Lovers: A Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author John Connolly writes an \"unfailingly compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Times-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e) and lyrical tale that forces Private Investigator Charlie Parker to examine his haunting past and all that he has ever believed true about his beloved parents--and himself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie Parker is a lost soul. Deprived of his private investigator's license and under scrutiny by the police, Parker takes a job in a Portland bar. But he uses his enforced retirement to begin a different kind of investigation: an examination of his own past and an inquiry into the death of his father, who took his own life after apparently shooting dead two unarmed teenagers. It's a search that will eventually lead Parker to question all that he believed about his beloved parents, and about himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there are other forces at work: a troubled young woman who is running from an unseen threat, one that has already taken the life of her boyfriend; and a journalist-turned-writer named Mickey Wallace, who is conducting an investigation of his own. And haunting the shadows, as they have done throughout Parker's life, are two figures: a man and a woman who seem driven to bring an end to Charlie Parker's existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunting, lyrical, and impossible to put down, \u003ci\u003eThe Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e is John Connolly at his best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439193624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"John Connolly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36650958094492,"sku":"9781439193624","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d2723e25-07b3-40b9-a595-2459a653a6b2.jpg?v=1603876485","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lovers-a-thriller-9781439193624","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}