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Книга "Fear the Dark"
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Chris Mooney FEAR THE DARK ...
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Chris Mooney FEAR THE DARK ...
Contents Day One Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Ch...
PENGUIN BOOKS FEAR THE DARK Chris Mooney is the internationally bestselling autho...
For Jen, my moon and my stars ...
‘I didn’t mean to kill her, Sarah. It just –’ ‘Happened. I know,’ she says in that quie...
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Day One ...
1 Darby McCormick felt her muscles relax and her stomach unclench when the helicopter’s...
2 Darby turned to him and said, ‘Hoder as in Terry Hoder, the head of Investigative Sup...
3 Multiple homicides in Boston were almost always three-ring-circus affairs. Caravans o...
4 Darby joined Coop at the back of the Jeep as Hoder drove off. He had been unloading t...
5 Dressed head to toe in a white Tyvek ‘bunny’ suit and wearing a facemask and clear go...
6 Underneath a ceiling light that, oddly, resembled a large breast with a big metallic ...
7 Darby entered the bedroom and stood stock still, an almost electric charge humming th...
8 Darby pointed to a pair of burn marks along the side of the woman’s scalp. ‘Loo...
9 Darby frowned, thinking. Bleach wouldn’t fluoresce unless it had been sprayed w...
10 The two agents on loan from the Denver office were a Mutt-and-Jeff pair named Eric H...
11 While Darby had been in the MoFo, the bodies had been removed and taken to the medic...
I find Red Hill incredibly depressing this time of year – grey winter mornings and short afte...
12 By 6 p.m. they had finished processing the master bedroom and bath, Samantha Downes’...
13 Darby could see a shadow moving behind the shade facing the street. Then she looked ...
14 Sally Kelly lived with six cats. An 8 × 10 photograph of each one was set in an expe...
15 Darby had her pen poised over her notebook. ‘Who smelled like garbage?’ ‘This ...
16 The Silver Moon Inn resembled one of those old-time prosperous banks built during th...
17 The Wagon Wheel Saloon was one of those local tourist traps designed to give people ...
18 Darby had been going through the files for an hour when the hotel phone rang. ...
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Day Two ...
My mother, whose name was also Sarah, was a slim woman with rough hands who wore too much mak...
19 ‘You think he might’ve recorded himself in the act?’ Terry Hoder asked, his voice fl...
20 The Ripper Task Force operated out of a squad room with white panelled walls and ins...
21 Lancaster shoved his hands into his pockets. ‘This theory of yours,’ he said, puffin...
22 Darby had received two text messages. Neither contained any words: there was just a ...
I still own the first weapon I ever purchased: a Springfield bolt-action rifle. It had an M84...
23 After the briefing, Darby and Hoder went to Police Chief Robinson’s office, a crampe...
24 Darby took out her phone and read the message displayed on the screen. ‘It’s C...
25 ‘Let me guess,’ Darby said after Hoder shut the police chief’s door. ‘You want to ch...
26 ‘That’s how the Red Hill Ripper views you,’ Hoder said in his soft Southern drawl. ‘...
This morning’s depression has mercifully lifted. As I near my house, I feel more in control t...
27 Darby entered the hotel lobby and went straight to the reception desk in search of L...
28 Darby stepped outside the hotel’s front door and found Laurie Richards standing a fe...
29 Laurie Richards clearly wanted to ask why she had to bring the ledger outside instea...
30 Deputy Sheriff Lancaster worked a pack of Lucky Strikes out of his pocket as he move...
31 Cindy’s Diner operated out of a refurbished trolley car built against the side of a ...
32 Darby handed the note to Hoder as she got to her feet. Phone in hand, she left the d...
33 Ray Williams came to a three-way stop; Darby leaned forward in her seat and, looking...
34 Darby found the woman’s Coach wallet lying on the floor. She pulled it open and read...
35 Darby darted inside the van. The second she removed the handcuffs from the woman’s w...
I change my mind about the grenades within five minutes of leaving my house. There are two re...
36 After Darby whispered in Hoder’s ear that his phone was bugged, she asked him leave ...
37 Darby speared the last piece of steak on her fork, wondering if Ray Williams was goi...
38 The Brewster County Coroner’s Office serviced Red Hill and three other surrounding t...
39 Jackson Cooper stood with Terry Hoder in the squad room. The front desks and chairs ...
40 Darby insisted on doing the interview. She stood in the hall outside the squad room ...
I’m about to call Sarah when I notice my burner only has a couple of minutes left on it. I pu...
41 Darby finished the interview in less than an hour. The cameraman had stopped recordi...
42 ‘What kind of knots?’ Darby asked, reaching for her notebook. Rita stared at h...
43 Darby spoke with Rita Tuttle for another fifteen minutes, trying to get specifics on...
44 Baylor Apothecary was the closest, located inside the ground floor of a small brick-...
When I turn left on to Sidewinder Road, I’m relieved to find it freshly ploughed. I had my do...
45 Darby entered the Wagon Wheel Saloon at quarter past ten. Last night’s Bible Belt cr...
46 Darby entered the lobby of the police station expecting to find cops gathered in anx...
47 Betty spoke into her headset. ‘911, what is your emergency?’ On the end of the...
48 Palms damp and her throat dry, Darby glanced at Coop and saw the thinly disguised bl...
49 The snow was still coming down at a furious clip, thick and wet, but the roads Darby...
50 Her chest tight, Darby swung around the doorway and swept the torch’s bright and nar...
51 In the tactical light’s bright white halo Darby saw a pair of chairs at the foot of ...
52 Coop and Hoder had decided to join her. Darby, watching from the dining-room window,...
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Day Three ...
53 Darby awoke to the sight of a dozen eyes watching her. Body slick with sweat a...
54 Darby was about to dial information for the number of Brewster General when she felt...
55 When Darby’s tears subsided, Coop gently pried himself away from her. She tried to g...
56 It happened on the morning of 15 August 1983. A Monday. At half past eight, Joan Hub...
57 Darby’s mouth and throat went dry. No one knew what had happened to Nicky Hubb...
58 ‘His full name is Eli Timothy Savran,’ Coop said. ‘Remember the cleaning crew Robins...
59 Lancaster’s face didn’t seem friendly, though it was hard to tell. The right side wa...
The snow is no longer coming down hard and fast, like a great, white curtain, and the wind ha...
60 Eli Timothy Savran lived inside a tiny ranch house painted an awful robin’s egg blue...
61 ‘About what?’ Darby asked. ‘About Teddy and the call you got this morning from...
62 Coop drove. The storm seemed to have tapered off, but the roads weren’t well ploughe...
63 Coop dropped her off in front of the Silver Moon Inn and then went to park at the ba...
64 Laurie Richards made gulping sounds as Darby approached. ‘I told you the truth...
65 Laurie Richards crossed her arms over her chest and stared defiantly at Darby and Co...
The old stone wall on Route Six is a mile away from the border separating Red Hill from Brews...
66 Ray Williams didn’t answer his phone. Darby left him a message about the ink and a q...
67 ‘Hands on your head,’ Lancaster said to Darby. ‘Nice and slow, that’s it, you know t...
68 Some people believe your whole life flashes before your eyes during your final momen...
To perform a standing rear-chokehold correctly, you need to wrap one arm around the victim’s ...
69 Coop sat back down in Chief Robinson’s office chair, about to have another go at the...
A pretty EMT named Leila is stitching up the laceration near my mouth when the back of the am...
70 Darby’s satellite signal was coming from Route Six, near the Red Hill/Brewster line,...
71 He put me in a chokehold. Ray Williams. The words ran through Darby’s mind as ...
72 ‘Relax,’ the woman said, as she picked up the washcloth. ‘I’m not going to hurt you....
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Day Ten ...
73 It was a shock collar, the kind used to train dogs; but Ray Williams had modified it...
74 Once her eyes had adjusted to the sudden brightness, Darby saw the woman Williams ca...
75 When it was over, Darby lay on the floor, quivering and gasping. As her vision final...
76 Like most men, Coop had a complicated relationship with emotions. His father, when t...
77 Coop followed him to Robinson’s office, where it was safe to talk. The entire statio...
78 ‘Everyone here appreciates your dedication and hard work,’ Scott said. Coop st...
79 Darby heard the trapdoor open and saw a glint of sunlight on the ladder’s rungs. ...
‘My vision’s getting better each day,’ I say into the phone. ‘That’s good,’ Griffin rep...
80 Solve the problem, Darby. Her father’s voice, his words. When ...
The pain in my left eye is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. It feels like hot shrapnel ...
81 Darby was straddling Williams when the back door flew open. At first she could...
82 A nurse was standing inside Terry Hoder’s room in Brewster General, checking on the ...
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Day Eleven ...
83 The following morning, at 11 a.m., Darby walked into Chief Robinson’s office and fou...
Epilogue Darby started awake, torn from a nightmare where she was again yanked from her...
PRAISE FOR CHRIS MOONEY: ‘One of the best thriller writers working today’ ...
A mother and her son have been executed in their home and fin...
RULE #1: DON’T SCREAM Four years ago, Theresa He...
Ten years ago CSI Darby McCormick investigated a sinister chi...
Two dead girls in the water. Two tiny s...
The woman missing for five years. The C...
For all of you who find a crime story irresistible. ...
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