The Darkest Evening of the Year. Dean Koontz
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Название: The Darkest Evening of the Year

Автор: Dean Koontz

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Зарубежные детективы

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isbn: 9780007318261

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      DEAN KOONTZ

       The Darkest Evening of the Year

       Dedication

      To Gerda, who will one day be greeted jubilantly in the next life by the golden daughter whom she loved so well and with such selfless tenderness in this world.

      AND TO

      Father Jerome Molokie, for his many kindnesses, for his good cheer, for his friendship, and for his inspiring devotion to what is first, true, and infinite.

      Contents

      “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep

      —ROBERT FROST

       Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

      Behind the wheel of the Ford Expedition, Amy Redwing drove as if she were immortal and therefore safe at any speed.

      In the fitful breeze, a funnel of golden sycamore leaves spun along the post-midnight street. She blasted through them, crisp autumn scratching across the windshield.

      For some, the past is a chain, each day a link, raveling backward to one ringbolt or another, in one dark place or another, and tomorrow is a slave to yesterday.

      Amy Redwing did not know her origins. Abandoned at the age of two, she had no memory of her mother and father.

      She had been left in a church, her name pinned to her shirt. A nun had found her sleeping on a pew.

      Most likely, her surname had been invented to mislead. The police had failed to trace it to anyone.

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