Every Dead Thing :Meet Private Investigator Charlie Parker in the first novel in the award-winning and globally bestselling series - Charlie Parker Thriller
Every Dead Thing :Meet Private Investigator Charlie Parker in the first novel in the award-winning and globally bestselling series - Charlie Parker Thriller
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Published:
10 October, 1999
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Description
EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.
Tormented and racked with guilt over the deaths of his wife and daughter, Charlie Parker, ex-cop with the NYPD, agrees to track down a missing girl. It is a search that will lead him into an abyss of evil.
The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. Every Dead Thing is the first book in this globally bestselling series.
'One of modern crime fiction's most popular creations' Irish Independent
'Stunning' Jeffery Deaver
Prizes
Winner of Shamus Award 2000 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781444704686 |
| ISBN10 | 1444704680 |
| Number Of Pages | 496 |
| Item Weight | 347 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 196 x 34 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
A genuine, gripping page-turner which shreds the nerves. * Daily Telegraph *
A genuine, gripping page-turner which shreds the nerves. * Daily Telegraph *
An ambitious, moral, disturbing tale with a stunning climax. * The Times *
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Author's Bio
John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, the co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly's debut - EVERY DEAD THING - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers.
In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.