Darling Jim

By Christian Moerk
(St. Martin's Griffin, Paperback, 9780805092080, 320pp.)

Publication Date: March 2, 2010

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Hardcover

Categories: Thrillers

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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the April 2009 Indie Next List
“Will a diary found in the dead-letter bin solve the mystery behind three dead women discovered in a locked house? Set in a small Irish village, Darling Jim is a dark, erotic, and bloody tale. Shivers.”
-- Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA


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The widely acclaimed debut novel—about three sisters, three tales, and a very dark secret—that’s a “chilling bedtime story for adults.”—People (three stars)

Fiona Walsh thought her family’s secrets would follow her to her grave, but when her diary is found by a young postman, Niall, the truth about her untimely demise—and that of her sister and aunt—begins to see the light of day. It’s the most tragic love story he’s ever heard.

Niall soon becomes enveloped by the mystery surrounding Jim—an itinerant storyteller who traveled through Ireland enrapturing audiences and wooing women with his macabre mythic sagas—though a trail of murder followed him wherever he went. The Walsh sisters, fiercely loyal to each other, were not immune to “darling” Jim’s powers of seduction, but found themselves in harm’s way when they began to uncover his treacherous past. Niall must now continue his dangerous hunt for the truth—and for the vanished third sister—while there’s still time.

And in the woods, the wolves from Jim’s stories begin to gather. 




About the Author

Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Christian Moerk moved to Vermont in his early twenties. After getting his MS in journalism at Columbia University, he was a movie executive for Warner Bros. Pictures and later wrote about film for The New York Times. Darling Jim is his first novel published in America. He lives in Brooklyn. Visit his Web site at www.christianmoerk.com.

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