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    "description": "<p><span>The Furies</span><span>: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unavenged crimes. Now, private investigator Charlie Parker is drawn into a world of modern furies in two linked stories. <br /><br />In </span><span>The Sisters Strange</span><span>, the return of the criminal Raum Buker to Portland, Maine brings with it chaos and murder, as an act of theft threatens not only to tear apart his own existence but also that of Raum's former lovers, the enigmatic sisters Dolors and Ambar Strange. <br /><br />And in </span><span>The Furies</span><span> Parker finds himself fighting to protect two more women as the city of Portland shuts down in the face of a global pandemic, but it may be that his clients are more capable of taking care of themselves than anyone could have imagined . . .<br /><br /></span><span>From the number one </span><span>Sunday Times</span><span> and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes two linked stories in one novel and the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker case yet.</span><span><br /><br />The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. </span><span>The Furies </span><span>is the landmark twentieth book in this globally bestselling series.</span></p>",
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