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You're going to hell, Jack Nightingale. These are the words that ended Jack Nightingale's career as a police negotiator. Now a struggling private detective, the chilling words return with a vengeance when Jack inherits a mansion with a priceless libraryand a terrifying warning from a man who claims to be his father. Nightingale quickly learns his soul was sold at birth and a devil will come to claim it on his thirty-third birthday, which is just three short weeks away. Its a hard pill to swallow. He doesn't believe in Hell and probably doesn't believe in Heaven either. But when people close to him start to die horribly, he is led to the inescapable conclusion that real evil may be at work. And if he doesn't find a way out, he'll be damned for eternity. Dripping with brooding intensity, unrelenting suspense, and surprising wit, United Kingdom thriller master Stephen Leathers first book in the Nightingale series is a riveting, heart-stopping mystery with extraordinary range and power. From Booklist "Jack Nightingale, a British cop turned private investigator, is dumbfounded when he learns, all at once, that he was adopted when he was a newborn; that his real father has recently died, leaving Jack his deserted mansion; and, oh yes, that his real father sold Jacks soul to a devil (not the devil, just a devil) when Jack was a baby, and soon someone or something will come to collect. Leather approaches this fantastic story as though it were a traditional private-eye thriller. At first, Jack is skepticalwell, who wouldnt be?but as he checks out the mansion and looks into the history of the man who claimed to have been his real father, he begins to believe (of course, the inexplicable deaths of people close to him are also pretty good signs that something is afoot). This is a very good genre-bending novel. Leathers choice to write it as if it were a straight thriller seems entirely appropriate, grounding the story in reality and making the fantasy-horror elements that much more frightening. Quite popular in Britain, Leather is relatively unknown on these shores. That deserves to change, and if this novel finds its audienceGraham Masterton fans should love ithis profile stands to be boosted dramatically." David Pitt Review 'Another great thriller from Stephen Leather but this time with a devilish twist!' -- James Herbert 'Dark and exhilarating, you'd better keep the lights on when you're reading it' -- Candis 'Suffused with mysterious pentagrams, not to mention a creeping sense of evil, I suspect that down-to-earth Nightingale is a man we'll hear more of' -- Daily Mail 'This is an aggressively topical novel but a genuinely thrilling one, too.' -- Daily Telegraph 'As tough as British thrillers get ... gripping' -- Irish Independent 'In brisk newsman's style her explores compex contemporary issues while keeping the action fast and bloody.' -- Economist "Du kommer til å havne i helvete, Jack Nightingale". Dette er ordene som endte hans karriere innen politiet. Jack livnærer seg nå som en sliten detektiv. En dag får han livet snudd på hodet da han arver en gammel herregård med et uvurderlig bibliotek av en mann som hevder å være hans far. Men arven kommer med en advarsel: Nightingales sjel ble solgt til djevelen da han ble født, og djevelen kommer til å kreve det han er lovet på Jacks trettitredje fødselsdag. Jack tror ikke på helvete, og ikke på himmelen heller for den saks skyld, men folk rundt han begynner å dø og om bare tre uker fyller han 33 ... Flere av romanene hans er oversatt til andre språk, og mange er filmet Jack Nightingale Left The Force And Became A Private Investigator. But Is Struggling To Cope. That Is, Until He Inherits A Mansion In Surry From A Man Who Turns Out To Be His Biological Father. A Father Who, It Appears, Killed Himself In The Middle Of A Magic Circle When He Was Unable To Reverse A Deal He Did With A Demon. Stephen Leather.