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Jack Nightingale #5.6
Children Of The Dark: A Jack Nightingale Short Story
Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate a brutal murder and savage mutilation that appears to have been carried out by children - children with dead black eyes. Children Of The Dark is a fast-paced supernatural story about 10,000 words long. Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers, an ebook and Sunday Times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed Dan “Spider’ Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. You can find out more from his website www.stephenleather.com.
36 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 16, 2016
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About the author
Stephen Leather
251 books1,539 followersStephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. For much of 2011 his self-published eBooks - including The Bestseller, The Basement, Once Bitten and Dreamer's Cat - dominated the UK eBook bestseller lists and sold more than half a million copies. The Basement topped the Kindle charts in the UK and the US, and in total he has sold more than two million eBooks. His bestselling book The Chinaman was filmed as The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan and grossing more than $100 million.
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July 11, 2023
Creepy AF! 🫣
Another splendiferous offering featuring everybody's favourite Supernatural P.I., Jack Nightingale. Out of all the short stories I've read so far, this was by far the creepiest.
Another splendiferous offering featuring everybody's favourite Supernatural P.I., Jack Nightingale. Out of all the short stories I've read so far, this was by far the creepiest.
March 19, 2017
Jack Nightingale has to be one of my favourite characters. Even though the super natural genre is one I don't read much of I have to say I love this series and these short stories are great for quick fixes.
For a short story the author manages to cram the whole super natural element in there which had me on the edge of my seat ready to hide behind the cushions.
One of my favourite of the short stories that the author has written.
For a short story the author manages to cram the whole super natural element in there which had me on the edge of my seat ready to hide behind the cushions.
One of my favourite of the short stories that the author has written.
December 25, 2016
Latest addition to the Jack Nightingale collection, and takes off where the last one left off. Jack is following up some gruesome murders with satanic overtures. While the lead up to the finale is classic Nightingale, the last third just feels rushed, and the whole conclusion is a little too cliched.
It's not the best Nightingale story I've read, it's not going to stop me waiting for the next novel where hopefully he'll have a little more space to tell the story
It's not the best Nightingale story I've read, it's not going to stop me waiting for the next novel where hopefully he'll have a little more space to tell the story
October 31, 2021
Another great little horror mode. I think I will be checking on my grandchildren more often, just make sure they’re sleeping properly.
February 19, 2017
Creepy!
Despite it being a short story, Stephen always seems to manage to still pack in enough detail to give the desired effect. Really creepy, but very enjoyable. Brilliant, thanks Stephen!
Despite it being a short story, Stephen always seems to manage to still pack in enough detail to give the desired effect. Really creepy, but very enjoyable. Brilliant, thanks Stephen!
October 11, 2018
This was okay. I completed this book in about 40 minutes.
I don't know. Not sure if I am just not a short story kind of person. I don't feel we get enough behind the story.
It was about an elderly couple, where 2 dark eyed children, showed up at their doorstep knocking on their door in the middle of a snow storm. Jack Nightingale was called in to investigate the matter and the children. When he got to town he ran into other incidences with the 2 dark eyed children.
This book is very dark and the closer it gets to the end of the story it got darker. It was not for me, BUT with that being said, if you like dark, this book may be for you.
The author did give you a great world building in the short length of time of reading this novel.
I don't know. Not sure if I am just not a short story kind of person. I don't feel we get enough behind the story.
It was about an elderly couple, where 2 dark eyed children, showed up at their doorstep knocking on their door in the middle of a snow storm. Jack Nightingale was called in to investigate the matter and the children. When he got to town he ran into other incidences with the 2 dark eyed children.
This book is very dark and the closer it gets to the end of the story it got darker. It was not for me, BUT with that being said, if you like dark, this book may be for you.
The author did give you a great world building in the short length of time of reading this novel.
April 24, 2021
Loved it..too short though.
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July 1, 2019
Listened again. This was genuinely creepy. A short story in the occult Jack Nightingale PI series.
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