Charlie Parker Series by John Connolly

4.15 · 398 ratings
  • Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker #1)
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    Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker #1)

    John Connolly

    · 26 ratings · published 1999

    Tortured and brilliant private detective Charlie Parker stars in this thriller by New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.Former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker is on the verge of madness. Tortured by the unsolved slayings of his wife and young daughter, he is a man consumed by guilt, regret, and the desire for revenge... more

  • Dark Hollow (Charlie Parker #2)
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    Dark Hollow (Charlie Parker #2)

    John Connolly

    · 24 ratings · published 2000

    Dark Hollow is a masterful second novel from a young Irish writer whose storytelling skills were established with Every Dead Thing. Now his fiery, ingenious detective, Charlie Bird Parker, returns to uncover a legacy of evil that has haunted Maine citizens for decades.

  • The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker #3)
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    The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker #3)

    John Connolly

    · 24 ratings · published 2001

    When the discovery of a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the grim truth behind the disappearance of a religious community, private detective Charlie Parker is drawn into a violent conflict with a group of zealots intent on tracking down a relic that could link them to the slaughter. Haunted by the ghost of a small boy and tormented by the demonic killer known as Mr. Pudd, Parker is forced to fight for his lover, his friends...and his very soul.

  • Het witte pad (Charlie Parker #4)
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    Het witte pad (Charlie Parker #4)

    John Connolly

    · 20 ratings · published 2003

    Hailed as "one of the best" (Toronto Sun) writers of contemporary suspense fiction, international bestselling author John Connolly returns with an electrifying novel featuring his acclaimed private detective, Charlie Parker. In South Carolina, a young black man faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. It's a case that nobody wants to touch, deeply rooted in old evil -- and old evil is Charlie Parker's specialty... more

  • The Charlie Parker Collection 1 (Charlie Parker #1-4)
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    The Charlie Parker Collection 1 (Charlie Parker #1-4)

    John Connolly

    · 10 ratings · published 2013

    Former NYPD Charlie Parker first appears in EVERY DEAD THING on a quest for the killer of his wife and daughter. He is a man consumed by violence, guilt and the desire for revenge. When his ex-partner asks him to track down a missing girl, Parker embarks on a grim odyssey through the bowels of organised crime to a unique serial killer: The Travelling Man.In DARK HOLLOW, Private detective Charlie Parker embarks on a nerve-shredding manhunt and closes in on his prime suspect... more

  • Nocturnes (Charlie Parker #4.5 included)
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    Nocturnes (Charlie Parker #4.5 included)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2004

    From #1 internationally bestselling author John Connolly comes Nocturnes, a dark, daring, utterly haunting short story anthology of lost lovers and missing children, predatory demons, and vengeful ghosts.Connolly’s collection of supernatural novellas and stories echoes the work of some of the masters of the genre while never losing his own distinctive voice... more

  • The Black Angel (Charlie Parker #5)
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    The Black Angel (Charlie Parker #5)

    John Connolly

    · 20 ratings · published 2005

    When a young woman disappears from the streets of New York City, ties of friendship and blood inevitably draw ingenious, tortured detective Charlie Parker into the search. Soon he discovers links to a church of bones in Eastern Europe, a 1944 slaughter at a French monastery, and to the myth of an object known as the Black Angel -- considered by evil men to be beyond priceless. But the Black Angel is not a legend. It is real. It lives. It dreams... more

  • The Unquiet (Charlie Parker #6)
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    The Unquiet (Charlie Parker #6)

    John Connolly

    · 20 ratings · published 2007

    "But that is the nature of revenge. It escalates. It cannot be controlled. One hurt invites another, on and on until the original injury is all but forgotten in the chaos of what follows."John Connolly's originality and talent for storytelling have quickly made him one of today's preeminent thriller writers... more

  • The Reapers (Charlie Parker #7)
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    The Reapers (Charlie Parker #7)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2008

    They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets - and there is no shortage of suspects.

  • The Lovers (Charlie Parker #8)
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    The Lovers (Charlie Parker #8)

    John Connolly

    · 20 ratings · published 2009

    Charlie Parker is a lost soul. Deprived of his private investigator's license and under scrutiny by the police, Parker takes a job in a Portland bar. But he uses his enforced retirement to begin a different kind of investigation: an examination of his own past and an inquiry into the death of his father, who took his own life after apparently shooting dead two unarmed teenagers... more

  • The Whisperers (Charlie Parker #9)
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    The Whisperers (Charlie Parker #9)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    ""'Oh, little one, ' he whispered, as he gently stroked her cheek, the first time he had touched her in fifteen years. 'What have they done to you? What have they done to us all?' ""In his latest dark and chilling Charlie Parker thriller, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly takes us to the border between Maine and Canada... more

  • The Burning Soul (Charlie Parker #10)
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    The Burning Soul (Charlie Parker #10)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?“There are some truths so terrible that they should not be spoken aloud, so appalling that even to acknowledge them is to risk sacrificing a crucial part of one’s humanity, to exist in a colder, crueler world than before.”Randall Haight has a secret: He is a convicted murderer, a man with the blood of a young girl on his hands. He has built a new life for himself in the small Maine town of Pastor’s Bay, but someone has discovered the truth about him... more

  • The Wrath of Angels (Charlie Parker #11)
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    The Wrath of Angels (Charlie Parker #11)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2012

    In the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money: it is power. Hidden in the plane is a list of names, a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil... more

  • The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker #12)
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    The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker #12)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2014

    Prosperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins . . .The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town . . more

  • A Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker #13)
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    A Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker #13)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2015

    Still recovering from his life-threatening wounds, private detective Charlie Parker investigates a case that has its origins in a Nazi concentration camp during the Second World War.Parker has retreated to the small Maine town of Boreas to regain his strength. There he befriends a widow named Ruth Winter and her young daughter, Amanda. But Ruth has her secrets. Old atrocities are about to be unearthed, and old sinners will kill to hide their sins... more

  • A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker #14)
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    A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker #14)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2016

    Dangerous and driven private investigator Charlie Parker returns in the latest gripping thriller of internationally bestselling author John Connolly’s series, in which ungodly fears haunt a strange and isolated community.Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings, and in doing so destroyed himself. His life was torn apart. He was imprisoned, brutalized.But in his final days, with the hunters circling, he tells his story to private detective Charlie Parker... more

  • A Game of Ghosts (Charlie Parker #15)
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    A Game of Ghosts (Charlie Parker #15)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2017

    “An epic supernatural suspense that will forever reset your standards for summer thrillers. From secret realms and horrific homicides to hauntings and criminal empires, there isn’t a single dull sentence found in the pages of A Game of Ghosts—and you’ll love it... more

  • The Woman in the Woods (Charlie Parker #16)
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    The Woman in the Woods (Charlie Parker #16)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2018

    When the body of a woman—who apparently died in childbirth—is discovered, Parker is hired to track down both her identity and her missing child.In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered. Investigators realize that the dead young woman gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired by a lawyer to shadow the police investigation and find the infant but Parker is not the only searcher... more

  • A Book of Bones (Charlie Parker #17)
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    A Book of Bones (Charlie Parker #17)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2019

    The new thrilling installment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series.He is our best hope.He is our last hope.On lonely moor in the northeast of England, the body of a young woman is discovered near the site of a vanished church. In the south, a girl lies buried beneath a Saxon mound. To the southeast, the ruins of a priory hide a human skull.Each is a sacrifice, a summons. And something in the darkness has heard the call.But another is coming: Parker the hunter, the avenger... more

  • The Dirty South (Charlie Parker #18)
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    The Dirty South (Charlie Parker #18)

    John Connolly

    · 18 ratings · published 2020

    In an Arkansas jail cell sits a former NYPD detective, stricken by grief. He is mourning the death of his wife and child, and searching in vain for their killer. Obsessed with avenging his lost family, his life is about to take a shocking turn.

  • The Nameless Ones (Charlie Parker #19)
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    The Nameless Ones (Charlie Parker #19)

    John Connolly

    · 16 ratings · published 2021

    From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author of The Dirty South, the white-knuckled Charlie Parker series returns with this heart-pounding race to hunt down the deadliest of war criminals.In Amsterdam, four people are butchered in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between, and confidante of the assassin named Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals... more

  • The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker #21)
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    The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker #21)

    John Connolly

    · 2 ratings · published 2024

    From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, the beloved and brilliant Charlie Parker series returns with a heart-wrenching crime only one man can solve.In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can the abduction and possible murder of her child. Everyone—ambitious politicians in an election season, hardened police, ordinary folk—has an opinion on the case, and most believe she is guilty.But most is not all... more

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