The Fallen - Softcover

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

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...