Lost Souls

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Lost Souls begins with the discovery of the body of a small girl dressed as an angel concealed in a pile of autumn leaves. It looks as if the child might have been the victim of a hit and run. It's Halloween. The streets had been full of children. But how did a three-year old come to be hiding there alone in the dark dressed only in her flimsy costume. And why were the child's feet bare? A ghastly crime a bungled cover-up several guilty secrets innocence defiled a community isolated a lowering landscape across which a host of dysfunctional characters stalk a twisting plot and Michael Collins's uniquely stylish and blackly humorous prose make this latest novel a gripping read. As always the landscape and people are vividly evoked. This novel is full of unforgettable images from its haunting and chillingly beautiful beginning to its brilliant denouement. --> Genre: Crime Mystery