John Connolly

John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. His debut -EVERY DEAD THING - swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers, and all his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He is the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award. (For Every Dead Thing).

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Maxim Jakubowski's view on CHARLIE PARKER...

The travails of a haunted American detective whose past always catches up with him as he hunts down fiendish killers. Poetic and sometimes supernatural ambience. THE LOVERS marks his latest appearance.

Charlie Parker series:
1. Every Dead Thing
2. Dark Hollow
3. The Killing Kind
4. The White Road
5. The Black Angel
6. The Unquiet
7. The Reapers
8. The Lovers

If you like John Connolly you might also like to read books by James Herbert, Richard Laymon and Stephen King

The Whisperers John Connolly Charlie Parker returns in the chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LOVERS Format: Paperback - Released: 20/01/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Lovers John Connolly Like James Lee Burke; read John Connolly. Few crime writers flirt with the supernatural, as its essence basically denies some of the major rules of mystery writing, but both Burke and Connolly do so and you... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/01/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Gates John Connolly October 2009 Book of the Month. John Connolly is a mega-bestselling author of thrillers but recently his mind and his imagination wandered into an altogether different dimension and The Gates is the result.... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2009 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

The Reapers John Connolly CHARLIE PARKER - the travails of a haunted American detective whose past always catches up with him as he hunts down fiendish killers. Poetic and sometimes supernatural ambience. THE REAPERS marks his latest appearance. THE LOVERS comes next in July. Lovereading... Format: Paperback - Released: 22/01/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Black Angel John Connolly This begins and culminates in one of the most extraordinary places in the world, an ossuary in the Czech Republic that is completely decorated with human bones. I was privileged to visit it with the author himself, an awesome experience.... Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 27/02/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Nocturnes John Connolly These are supernatural short stories from a very special man, although to be honest, I prefer his full-length work, but these are an excellent introduction to that. You might have caught some of them being read on BBC Radio 4... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2005 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)