Three hundred years ago, the settlers on the small Maine island of Sanctuary were betrayed by one of their own, and slaughtered. Now a band of killers has returned to Sanctuary to seek revenge on a young woman and her son, and the only people who stand in their way are a young rookie officer and the island’s resident policeman, the troubled giant known as Melancholy Joe Dupree. But Joe Dupree is no ordinary policeman. He is the guardian of the island’s secrets, the repository of its memories. He knows that Sanctuary has been steeped in violence, and that its ghosts will tolerate the shedding of innocent blood no longer. On Sanctuary, the hunters are about to become the hunted

The first retrospective of the CWA’s Dagger Award winners, brings together some of the greatest names in crime fiction to deliver a cutthroat collection of serial killers, grizzled detectives, drug dealers and master forgers. Observe as a Senior Curator at the Tate Gallery constructs the perfect crime in Ian Rankin’s “Herbert in Motion”. Watch an unlikely romance sour into a deadly obsession in Stella Duffy’s “Martha Grace”. Face parents who discover their child has committed the unthinkable in Denise Mina’s “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit”. And in Jeffery Deaver’s “The Weekender” an intense hostage situation hits its peak in the most unlikely conclusion. Keep your secrets close, and your daggers drawn

DESCRIPTION: From some of the greatest literary minds of our time comes a collection of stories about dangerous women. With an unprecedented lineup of authors, Mysterious Press proudly presents an extraordinary collection of short stories. Lorenzo Carcaterra, Michael Connelly, John Connolly, Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, J.A. Jance, Andrew Klavan, Elmore Leonard, Laura Lippman, Ed McBain, Jay McInerney, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Perry, Ian Rankin, S.J. Rozan, and Thomas H. Cook combine their talents in a collection which is certain to find a large audience eager to read stories by some of the most distinguished names in the genre

Grieving over the murder of his family, private detective Charlie "Bird" Parker returns to Maine in search of refuge, and becomes caught up in the murders of a young mother and her child, a crime that could be linked to the troubled history of Parker's own grandfather

In a stunning follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger present a brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canon. In this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Les Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known as Sherlock Holmes devotees admit to being inspired by Conan Doyle stories? While some are highly-regarded mystery writers, others are best known for their work in the fields of fantasy or science fiction. All of these talented authors, however, share a great admiration for Arthur Conan Doyle and his greatest creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. To the editors' great delight, these stories go in many directions: Some tell of Holmes himself: in Victorian Baker Street or modern New York, in various guises or a different gender. Some writers choose to explore other Conan

En Carolina del Sur, un joven negro se enfrenta a la pena de muerte acusado de haber violado y asesinado a Marianne Larousse, hija de uno de los hombres más ricos del estado. El caso, que nadie quiere investigar, hunde sus raíces en un mal que se remonta a un pasado remoto, el tipo de misterio que se ha convertido en la especialidad del detective Charlie Parker. Éste ignora que está a punto de sumergirse en una auténtica pesadilla y de introducirse en un escenario teñido de sangre en el que se mezclan el espectro asesino de una mujer encapuchada, un coche negro que espera a un pasajero que nunca llega, y la complicidad tanto de amigos como de enemigos en los sucesos que rodean la muerte de Marianne Larousse. Más que una investigación, es un descenso a los abismos, un enfrentamiento con las fuerzas oscuras que amenazan todo aquello que Parker ama. Paralelamente, en la celda de una prisión, el fanático predicador Faulkner trama una venganza contra Charlie Parker, y para ello utilizará a los mismos hombres a los que el detective está siguiendo, y a una extraña y contrahecha criatura que guarda sus secretos enterrados en la orilla de un río: Cyrus Nairn. Todas estas figuras deberán enfrentarse a su cruento destino final en los pantanos del sur y los bosques del norte, escenarios muy alejados entre sí pero unidos por un frágil hilo: el lugar donde convergen los caminos de los muertos y de los vivos

John Connolly, el aclamado autor irlandés de novela negra, sorprende agradablemente con la publicación de El libro de las cosas perdidas, una espeluznante y genial novela para el público juvenil y también adulto. En su dormitorio del desván, David, un niño de doce años, llora la muerte de su madre. Está enfadado y solo, con la única compañía de los libros de sus estantes. Pero los libros han empezado a susurrarle en la oscuridad, y, mientras se refugia en los mitos y los cuentos que su madre tanto amaba, descubre que el mundo real y el mundo imaginario han empezado a mezclarse. Mientras la guerra se extiende por Europa, David aterriza de golpe en una tierra que es producto de su imaginación, pero aterradoramente real… John Connolly nació en Dublín en 1968. Considerado como uno de los escritores de suspense más importantes de la actualidad, todas sus novelas se han convertido en best sellers según la lista de ventas del Sunday Times. Esta novela abre la colección avalado por magníficas críticas en la prensa internacional: The Times, The Independent, Daily Mail, Sunday Times…

Una fría noche de invierno, la paz de Maine se ve perturbada por dos hechos en principio inconexos: un sangriento tiroteo durante el cobro de un rescate y el suicidio de una anciana en pleno bosque. Contra todo pronóstico, todas las pistas apuntan a un mismo hombre. Y Charlie Parker, a quien ya conocimos en Todo lo que muere, deberá actuar con rapidez porque los acontecimientos se suceden a un ritmo vertiginoso, los cadáveres se multiplican y la violencia se extiende como un rastro de sangre por los bosques nevados de Maine. Con esta segunda novela, John Connolly se consagra como un maestro del género negro

A veces, hechos sin aparente conexión, y que ocu-rren en lugares muy distantes, se vinculan de un modo misterioso y forman una red de la que es difícil escapar. En El ángel negro, el detective Charlie «Bird» Parker -protagonista ya de cinco novelas policiacas de John Connolly- se ve sumido en una de estas situaciones, un enrevesado caso en que la realidad y la fantasmagoría se funden de manera inextricable. Éstas son las piezas del rompecabezas: una prostituta llamada Alice desaparece en un sórdido barrio neoyorquino; una colección de misteriosas cajas de plata de origen medieval, dispersas por el mundo, guarda en cada ejemplar un fragmento de un extraño mapa; una subasta de objetos arcanos suscita una gran expectación en Boston; en Francia y la República Checa se profanan varias iglesias… El detective Charlie Parker debe enfrentarse, además, a un conflicto de lealtades. Por un lado, su amigo Louis, ex asesino a sueldo, necesita ayuda en la violenta búsqueda de su prima, la prostituta desaparecida en Nueva York; por otro lado, su mujer, Rachel, ya no resiste la tensión del peligro ni la continua amenaza que implica la convivencia con él. Y esta vez el peligro es mayor que nunca, porque Charlie se encara a seres dudosamente humanos, seres arraigados en un pasado remoto, la encarnación misma del mal: el ángel negro

“A truly harrowing murder plot… An ambitious foray…deep into Hannibal Lecter territory… The extravagantly gifted Connolly, living up to his title, is never too busy for another flashback to Bird’s violent past en route to his final confrontation with the Traveling Man.” – Kirkus Reviews “For me, the best thing about an author’s first novel is its untarnished honesty. John Connolly’s EVERY DEAD THING has that reckless intensity. Set against the gritty canvas of a serial killer loose in New York City, John Connolly’s writing is as lilting and refreshing and as tempestuous as an Irish rainstorm. Warning: Don’t start this book unless you have time to finish it.” – Paul Lindsay, former FBI agent and author of Witness to the Truth “Classic American crime fiction; it’s hard to believe that John Connolly was born and raised on the Emerald Isle.” – amazon.com “[A] darkly ingenious debut novel… The New Orleanssequence of the novel sing[s]… The rural Virginia town is petty, bitter perfection: no mean feat for a native Dubliner. The prose rings of ’40s L.A. noir, à la Chandler and Hammett, but the grisly deaths, poetic cops, and psychic episodes set this tale apart.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review) “An ambitious, moral, disturbing tale with a stunning climax… In many ways its terror quotient exceeds that of Thomas Harris’ great work.” – The Times (London) “Connolly writes with confidence, a swaggering self-assurance that is almost breathtaking in a first novel.” – Dublin Evening Herald (Ireland) “A debut novel of stunning complexity… The tension starts on the first page and continues right through the last, concluding in a dramatic and ambiguous way that could disturb readers’ thoughts for days. A work of fiction that stays with you long after the book is closed is a rare and beautiful thing. This one goes right up there on the year’s list of the best.” – St. Petersburg Times (FL) “A nonstop, action-packed tale that also has a warm side where love and loyalty (not DNA) make a person human.” – Barnesandnoble.com “Shades of The Silence of the Lambs here-but this debut book by Dubliner Connolly also has echoes of James Crumley, Patricia Cornwell, and Lawrence Block… A terrifying finale… Connolly manages to keep the tension simmering right to the very end.” – Express Star (UK) “Absolutely spellbinding… This is not a book for the timid.” – Naples Daily News (FL) “A big, meaty, often superbly written novel-astonishing, for a first-time author, in its scope and apparent veracity… A book of sudden, horrifying violence and no-holds-barred explicit scene-of-the-crime detail… A painstakingly researched crime novel, impressive both in terms of its driven central character [and] its scrupulously evoked geography… Impressive, too, is the superior, topflight prose and sheer momentum of the plot.” – Tangled Web (UK) “[An] exciting, scary, and darkly humorous story that deserves to be a success.” – Irish News “A highly intelligent and exciting novel, with almost enough action and story for two books. The grim and grisly events are emotionally balanced by the book’s dark humor and Bird’s vulnerability.” – Library Journal “[A] stunning debut… Painstaking research, superb characterization, and an ability to tell a story that’s chilling and thought-provoking make this a terrific thriller.” – The Mirror (UK) “Brilliant… While Thomas Harris’ Hannibal is the year’s most anticipated thriller, John Connolly’s EVERY DEAD THING might just be the best… A real adrenaline rush… Simply too good to be missed-or to put down.” – The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)

A shocking true-crime tale of money, power, and sex from the world's most popular thriller writer. Jeffrey Epstein rose from humble origins to the rarefied heights of New York City's financial elite. A college dropout with an instinct for numbers – and for people – Epstein amassed his wealth through a combination of access and skill. But even after he had it all, Epstein wanted more. And that unceasing desire – especially a taste for young girls – resulted in his stunning fall from grace. From Epstein himself to the girls he employed as masseuses at his home to the cops investigating the appalling charges against him, Filthy Rich examines all sides of a case that scandalized one of America's richest communities. An explosive true story, Filthy Rich is a riveting account of wealth, power, and the influence they bring to bear on the American justice system

Fantastyczna, pełna literackich odniesień baśń dla dorosłych autorstwa Johna Connolly’ego, wcześniej cenionego autora thrillerów i horrorów. Dwunastoletniego Davida właśnie osierociła matka. Ojciec założył nową rodzinę, w której pozornie nie ma dla niego miejsca. Zrozpaczonemu chłopcu towarzyszą w samotności książki. Gdy realny świat rozpada się, Davida wchłania baśniowa kraina – groźny, podstępny świat zaludniany przez bohaterskie postacie i potwory. Czeka go podróż pełna wyzwań i niebezpieczeństw, którą podejmuje każdy, kto niechętnie wkracza w dorosłość, pozostawiając za sobą wiek niewinności. „Księga rzeczy utraconych” jest dla wszystkich, którzy wierzą w życie zaklęte w książkach i w siłę tego, co zostało zapisane

It's fascinating to see some of my favourite crime novelists coming together to create a taut, tense thriller; each chapter stands alone as a powerful story, yet they also combine seamlessly into a great read. Genuinely gripping.' – Harlan Coben *** With each crime writer picking up the story in their usual locale, each of the authors tell a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Running through each story is a charm bracelet which brings bad luck wherever it's found. Set in locations ranging from nineteenth-century Georgia to wartime Leeds, the book features stories from contributors such as Peter Robinson (writing about 1940s Leeds), Fidelis Morgan, Lynda La Plante (1970s Britain), Val McDermid (1980s Scotland) and Mark Billingham tackling contemporary London

Tusquets nos trae la nueva aventura de Charlie Parker, el detective imán para las desgracias, sobre todo las ajenas, que consigue, con cada libro, nuevos seguidores para su creador, el irlandés John Connolly. Ya hemos hablado en Lecturalia de los libros anteriores de Parker, así que queda claro que esperamos, sobre todo yo, como agua de mayo cada nueva historia. Connolly ha alcanzado un equilibrio magistral entre el terror y la novela negra, con unos personajes principales de primer orden y unos secundarios más que bien definidos. Si en la anterior entrega, Los hombres de la guadaña, todo el protagonismo era cedido a Louis y a Angel, tratando de cerrar historias anteriores al mismo tiempo que se convertía en el menos oscuro de sus libros, Connolly retoma con Los amantes la historia de Parker y su peculiar situación personal en la que, todo hay que decirlo, no está en su mejor momento, con la licencia de detective retirada, trabajando en un bar y alejado de lo que le queda de familia. Los amantes nos lleva a la investigación por parte del detective de la historia de su propio padre, el cual, tras asesinar a una joven pareja, acabó suicidándose en su propia casa. A medida que revuelve el pasado de su padre toda la trama se complica y aparecen detalles que podrían estar conectados con quién es él en realidad y qué sucede a su alrededor, incluyendo el descubrimiento tanto de nuevos enemigos como de protectores en las sombras. Impresionante la aparición de entidades que parecían haber abandonado la serie como la mujer y la hija de Parker, que dan al libro sus mejores momentos de terror, logrando crear la atmósfera oscura que mejor define estas novelas. Lástima que sean apenas unos momentos, la verdad. En general el libro deja buenas sensaciones, pero parece más que Connolly ha decidido contarnos pequeñas perlas aclaratorias, definiendo bien el camino que quiere tomar más adelante en la narración. En ese sentido es muy parecido a Los hombres de la guadaña: la preparación y desarrollo se enfrentan a un final brusco, informativo y que deja con ganas de más. En ese sentido es inferior a libros anteriores como El ángel negro, mucho más completo en todos los sentidos. ¿Es esa la idea de Connolly? Lo cierto es que está explicando el mundo y sus personajes con detalle, posicionando las figuras para comenzar a jugar la partida final. Los amantes es un libro cuyo atractivo estriba en las respuestas que da y las preguntas que plantea, necesario para los seguidores de Charlie Parker pero desaconsejable para iniciarse en la serie con él

Daniel Clay, en otro tiempo un respetado psiquiatra infantil, desapareció al salir a la luz los abusos sufridos por varios niños que él atendía. Ahora, cinco años después, y cuando ya se le ha declarado muerto, su hija, Rebecca Clay, es acosada por un desconocido que pregunta por su padre. Ese desconocido, llamado Merrick, está obsesionado con descubrir la verdad sobre la desaparición de su propia hija, y Rebecca contrata al detective Charlie Parker para deshacerse de Merrick a toda costa. Parker no tarda en verse atrapado entre aquellos que quieren conocer la verdad sobre Daniel Clay y aquellos que quieren permanecer ocultos a toda costa, pues quizá no estaban del todo al margen de los abusos. Pero intervienen otras fuerzas. Alguien, un fantasma del pasado de Parker, financia la cacería de Merrick. Y las acciones de Merrick han inducido a otros a salir de las sombras: figuras semivislumbradas decididas a vengarse a su manera, pálidos espectros que vagan sin reposo. Han llegado los seres atormentados… Así arranca este nuevo y esperado caso del detective Charlie Parker, alias «Bird», en la que es la sexta novela de la serie policiaca escrita por John Connolly

Cuando parecía que la vida de Louis y Angel, los amigos del ex policía Charlie Parker, había alcanzado cierta paz y estabilidad, surgen de pronto sombras de su turbio pasado deseosas de saldar cuentas pendientes. No cabe duda de que alguien quiere atentar contra sus vidas. Y, en esta ocasión, prefieren dejar al margen a Parker, que ha perdido su licencia de investigador privado y el permiso de armas y se gana la vida de camarero en un bar. A Louis no le queda más remedio que volver a ponerse en contacto con su viejo mentor, el enigmático Gabriel… A los quince años, Louis estaba al borde del abismo: había vengado la muerte de su madre y, acusado de asesinato, se encontraba en pleno interrogatorio cuando apareció Gabriel y le ofreció una vía de escape: formar parte de los temibles Hombres de la Guadaña. Ahora, Louis tendrá que librar junto a Angel una encarnizada lucha a vida o muerte

Las mujeres más peligrosas son aquellas que resultan irresistibles. ¿Qué hace peligrosa a una mujer? Su gran belleza, su encanto, su inteligencia, la manera en que se aparta el cabello de los ojos, o el modo de reírse. Puede tener conciencia absoluta de su poder, o desconocerlo por completo. Utilizarlo comoa rma o protegerse detrás de él. La intención y el propósito no aumentan ni disminuyen el poder, y ése es mayor peligro de todos los que son seducidos y sometidos por él

A collection of stories by John Connolly John Connolly, bestselling author of five brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to give us a dozen chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection, echoing masters of the genre from M R James to Stephen King, Connolly delves into our darkest fears – lost lovers, missing children, subterranean creatures and predatory demons. Framing the collection are two substantial novellas – The Cancer Cowboy Rides charts the fatal progress of a modern-day grim reaper, while The Reflecting Eye is a haunted house tale with a twist and marks the return of private detective Charlie Parker, the troubled hero of Connolly's crime novels. The perfect antidote to Christmas cheer, Nocturnes is a masterly volume to be read with the lights on – menace has never been so seductive…

El hallazgo fortuito de una fosa común, a orillas de un lago en el norte de Maine, pone al descubierto un espeluznante asesinato en masa cometido hace más de treinta años. Todos los miembros de una comunidad religiosa, los Baptistas de Aroostook, desaparecieron sin dejar rastro en 1964, y, ahora que sus cadáveres han vuelto al presente como una muda acusación, alguien parece muy interesado en que el misterio quede sin resolver. Pero el pasado regresa con inusitada brutalidad. La primera víctima es Grace Peltier, una estudiante que, al investigar sobre el fanatismo religioso en el estado de Maine, ha ahondado en la vida y el enigmático final de la comunidad de Aroostook. En apariencia, Grace se ha suicidado, pero hay indicios de asesinato más que suficientes para que la familia solicite la intervención del detective Charlie Parker, «Bird», el protagonista de las anteriores entregas de John Connolly

A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes: · Jeffrey Toobin's eye-opening exposé in The New Yorker about a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death row · Skip Hollandsworth's amazing but true tale of an old cowboy bank robber who turned out to be a "classic good-hearted Texas woman" · Jimmy Breslin's stellar piece about the end of the Mob as we know it

An anthology of stories Following the huge success of the previous BBM collections comes the latest batch of stories from the UK's top-flight crime writers. Alongside an "Inspector Morse" story from Colin Dexter and a "Rumpole" tale from John Mortimer, is Jake Arnott's first short story and a wealth of exclusive stories from some of Britain's most exciting up-and-coming young crime writers. An ideal present for anyone who has ever enjoyed a good murder-mystery, "The Best British Mysteries 2006" will cause many sleepless nights of avid page turning!

With The Black Angel, John Connolly takes his Charlie Parker series a step further away from the conventional serial killer thriller and over the border into supernatural horror-which, in fairness, is where these extraordinary books have been heading from the beginning. The question of why and how so many bad people find their way into Parker's orbit has always been lurking in the background of his novels; why so many ghosts of victims point him the way to vengeful justice and why so good a man is so fond of his killer for hire friends Louis and Angel. Many writers would just leave these as givens, but Connolly has too much integrity for that. The search for Louis' junkie whore cousin, and her abductors, leads the trio ever further into darkness. They have fought evil obsessives before, but none as bad as the Believers, a group obsessed with fallen angels and with the strange sculpted objects men have made from human bones. This time at least there is a possibility that what the Believers believe is true, both what they believe about the world and what they believe about Parker-this is a book which ought to be insane and ludicrous and is in fact chilling. -Roz Kaveney

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly’s unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories. High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in his imagination, he finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a land that is a strange reflection of his own world, populated by heroes and monsters, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book . . . The Book of Lost Things. An imaginative tribute to the journey we must all make through the loss of innocence into adulthood, John Connolly’s latest novel is a book for every adult who can recall the moment when childhood began to fade, and for every adult about to face that moment. The Book of Lost Things is a story of hope for all who have lost, and for all who have yet to lose. It is an exhilarating tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives

Randall Haight has a secret: when he was a teenager, he and his friend killed a 14-year-old girl. Randall did his time and built a new life in the small Maine town of Pastor's Bay, but somebody has discovered the truth about Randall. He is being tormented by anonymous messages, haunting reminders of his past crime, and he wants private detective Charlie Parker to make it stop. But another 14-year-old girl has gone missing, this time from Pastor's Bay, and the missing girl's family has its own secrets to protect. Now Parker must unravel a web of deceit involving the police, the FBI, a doomed mobster named Tommy Morris, and Randall Haight himself. Because Randall Haight is telling lies…

In this clever and quirky follow-up to The Gates andThe Infernals, Samuel Johnson’s life seems to have finally settled down—after all, he’s still got the company of his faithful dachshund Boswell and his bumbling demon friend Nurd; he has foiled the dreaded forces of darkness not once but twice; and he’s now dating the lovely Lucy Highmore.  But things in the little English town of Biddlecombe rarely run smoothly for long. Shadows are gathering in the skies; a black heart of pure evil is bubbling with revenge; and it rather looks as if the Multiverse is about to come to an end, starting with Biddlecombe. When a new toy shop’s opening goes terrifyingly awry, Samuel must gather a ragtag band of dwarfs, policemen, and very polite monsters to face down the greatest threat the Multiverse has ever known, not to mention assorted vampires, a girl with an unnatural fondness for spiders, and highly flammable unfriendly elves.  The latest installment of John Connolly’s wholly original and creepily imaginative Samuel Johnson Tales,The Creepsis humorous horror for anyone who enjoys fiction at its best

**The New York Times bestselling author of A Book of Bones and one of the best thriller writers we have goes back to the very beginning of Private Investigator Charlie Parker’s astonishing career with his first terrifying case.** It is 1997, and someone is slaughtering young black women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one wants to admit it, not in the Dirty South. 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. He cares only for his own lost family. But that is about to change . . . Witness the becoming of Charlie Parker

A strange novel for strange young people. Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Hallowe'en. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron Collider that creates a gap in the universe. A gap in which there is a pair of enormous gates. The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out…Can Samuel persuade anyone to take this seriously? Can he harness the power of science to save the world as we know it?

Samuel Johnson – with a little help from his dachshund Boswell and a very unlucky demon named Nurd – has sent the demons back to Hell. But the diabolical Mrs Abernathy is not one to take defeat lying down. When she reopens the portal and sucks Samuel and Boswell down into the underworld, she brings an ice-cream van full of dwarfs as well. And two policement. Can this eccentric gang defeat the forces of Evil? And is there life after Hell for Nurd?

Did Grace Peltier commit suicide? When a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the final resting place of a religious community that disappeared almost forty years earlier, private detective Charlie Parker, hired to investigate the circumstances of her death, realises that their deaths and the violent passing of Grace Peltier are part of the same mystery, one that has its roots in her family history and in the origins of the shadowy organisation known as the Fellowship. Aided by the genial killers Angel and Louis, Parker must descend into the depths of a honeycomb world populated by dark angels and lost souls, a world where the ghosts of the dead wait for justice and the unwary are prey for the worst kind of creatures. The killing kind…

An anthology of stories The most venerated and bestselling authors in the mystery world reveal how they created their most beloved serial characters

In John Connolly's thriller, Charlie Parker is haunted by a man and a woman who appear to have only one purpose: to end to Parker's existence

A brilliantly chilling novel by New York Times bestselling author John Connolly about a chain of killings, linked obscurely by great distances and the passage of years, and the settling of their blood-debts – past, present, and future. As a small boy, Louis witnesses an unspeakable crime that takes the life of a member of his small, southern community. He grows up and moves on, but he is forever changed by the cruel and brutal nature of the act. It lights a fire deep within him that burns white and cold, a quiet flame just waiting to ignite. Now, years later, the sins of his life are reaching into his present, bringing with them the buried secrets and half-forgotten acts of his past. Someone is hunting him, targeting his home, his businesses, and his partner, Angel. The instrument of revenge is Bliss, a killer of killers, the most feared of assassins. Bliss is a Reaper, a lethal tool to be applied toward the ultimate end, but he is also a man with a personal vendetta. Hardened by their pasts, Louis and Angel decide to strike back. While they form a camaraderie that brings them solace, it offers them no shelter from the fate that stalks them. When they mysteriously disappear, their friends are forced to band together to find them. They are led by private detective Charlie Parker, a killer himself, a Reaper in waiting. Connolly's triumphant prose and unerring rendering of his tortured characters mesmerize and chill. He creates a world where everyone is corrupt, murderers go unpunished, but betrayals are always avenged. Yet another masterpiece from a proven talent, The Reapers will terrify and transfix

Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychologist, has been missing for years following revelations about harm done to the children in his care. Believing him dead, his daughter Rebecca has tried to come to terms with her father's legacy, but her fragile peace is about to be shattered. Someone is asking questions about Daniel Clay, someone who does not believe that he is dead: the revenger Merrick, a father and a killer obsessed with discovering the truth about his own daughter's disappearance. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired to make Merrick go away, but Merrick will not be stopped. Soon Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth about Daniel Clay to be revealed, and those who want it to remain hidden at all costs. But there are other forces at work here. Someone is funding Merrick 's hunt, a ghost from Parker's past. And Merrick 's actions have drawn others from the shadows, half-glimpsed figures intent upon their own form of revenge, pale wraiths drifting through the ranks of the unquiet dead. The Hollow Men have come…

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. It is there, in the vast and porous Great North Woods, that a dangerous smuggling operation is taking place, run by a group of disenchanted former soldiers, newly returned from Iraq. Illicit goods – drugs, cash, weapons, even people – are changing hands. And something else has changed hands. Something ancient and powerful and evil.The authorities suspect something is amiss, but what they can't know is that it is infinitely stranger and more terrifying than anyone can imagine. Anyone, that is, except private detective Charlie Parker, who has his own intimate knowledge of the darkness in men's hearts. As the smugglers begin to die one after another in apparent suicides, Parker is called in to stop the bloodletting. The soldiers' actions and the objects they have smuggled have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod, a man with a taste for the strange. And where Herod goes, so too does the shadowy figure that he calls the Captain. To defeat them, Parker must form an uneasy alliance with a man he fears more than any other, the killer known as the Collector…

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, a case with its roots in old evil, and old evil is private detective Charlie Parker's speciality. But Parker is about to make a descent into the abyss, a confrontation with dark forces that threaten all that Parker holds dear: his lover, his unborn child, even his soul… For in a prison cell, a fanatical preacher is about to take his revenge on Charlie Parker, its instruments the very men that Parker is hunting, and a strange, hunched creature that keeps its own secrets buried by a riverbank: the undiscovered killer Cyrus Nairn. Soon, all of these figures will face a final reckoning in southern swamps and northern forests, in distant locations linked by a single thread, a place where the paths of the living and the dead converge. A place known only as the White Road

The race to secure the prize draws in private detective Charlie Parker, a man who knows more than most about the nature of the terrible evil that seeks to impose itself on the world, and who fears that his own name may be on the list. It lures others, too: a beautiful, scarred woman with a taste for killing; a silent child who remembers his own death; and a serial killer known as the Collector, who sees in the list new lambs for his slaughter. But as the rival forces descend upon this northern state, the woods prepare to meet them, for the forest depths hide other secrets. Someone has survived the crash. Something has survived the crash. And it is waiting. . . . Review “Strongly recommended for plot, characterization, authenticity . . . horror . . . and humanity.” (Library Journal (starred review) 

John Connolly posee todas las cualidades con las que cualquier editor sueña a la hora de dar a conocer a un autor: una primera novela que conmociona, una historia terrorífica muy bien tramada, personajes sólidos y complejos (que además aparecerán en otras entregas), una aguda visión de la sociedad y un gran talento y fuste literarios. Éste es, ni más ni menos, el caso de Todo lo que muere y del escritor irlandés Connolly. Que se preparen los adictos a la buena novela policíaca. Una noche, Charlie «Bird» Parker, inspector del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York, discute por enésima vez con su mujer y sale a tomar unas copas; cuando vuelve a casa, se encuentra a su mujer y a su hija de tres años salvajemente asesinadas. Entre los sospechosos figura el propio Parker, pero el crimen no podrá resolverse. Incapaz de superar los sentimientos de culpabilidad y expulsado del cuerpo de policía, Parker se convierte en un hombre atormentado, violento y deseoso de venganza. Cuando su ex jefe le pide ayuda para resolver el caso de una joven desaparecida, Parker acepta y se embarca en una investigación que le llevará hasta el sur de Estados Unidos, donde se las verá con el crimen organizado, con una extraña anciana que dice oír voces de ultratumba y con el «Viajero», un despiadado asesino en serie

En mayo de 2009, pocos meses después de su regreso de Iraq, el joven soldado Damien Patchett se suicida disparándose con un revólver durante un paseo. Su padre, Bennett Patchett, que sospecha que algo turbio se esconde tras su muerte, acude a ver al detective privado Charlie Parker para pedirle que lo investigue. Extrañamente, ese mismo día, un agente de policía ha aparecido muerto junto a las ruinas calcinadas del siniestro bar Blue Moon. En sus pesquisas, Parker pronto descubrirá que Patchett formaba parte de un grupo de ex combatientes desencantados que cruzan a menudo la frontera entre Maine y Canadá, un lugar propicio para el tráfico no sólo de drogas, sino también de alcohol, personas y dinero. Entretanto, un misterioso anciano, enfermo pero capaz de una violencia despiadada, se acerca a Maine en busca de venganza. Charlie Parker necesitará la ayuda de sus amigos Louis y Ángel. Aun así, tendrá que vérselas con un ser al que teme más que a ningún otro

Вдън горите на щата Мейн са открити останки от самолетна катастрофа. Онова, което се крие в останките, е нещо по-важно от парите. То е власт: списък с имена на хора, сключили сделка с дявола. Задава се битка между онези, които искат списъкът да остане тайна, и другите, които искат да го превърнат в свое оръжие срещу силите на мрака. В битката за списъка е въвлечен и частният детектив Чарли Паркър. Неговото име също фигурира в списъка. Ценният документ привлича и други участници: красива, белязана млада жена с убийствени наклонности; мълчаливо дете, което помни собствената си смърт; сериен убиец, известен като Колекционера, който търси в списъка жертви за заколение. И докато вражеските сили се устремяват към северния щат, гората им готви други изненади. Някой е оцелял от катастрофата. Нещо е оцеляло от катастрофата. И се спотайва…

Амстердам. Четирима души са зверски убити в тайна квартира, а останките им са наредени около разпънатото на кръст тяло на патриарха Де Яхер: възрастен, уважаван посредник в престъпния свят и стар приятел на някогашния наемен убиец Луис. Извършителите — сръбски гангстери и военнопрестъпници — са убедени, че ще избегнат възмездието, като се приберат в родината си. Само че грешат. Защото Луис пристига в Европа, за да отмъсти. Петима убийци, които трябва да бъдат намерени и наказани, преди да са се укрили на изток. Има само един проблем. Шестият

Темнокожему юноше грозит смертный приговор за изнасилование и убийство Мариэнн Ларусс, дочери одного из богатейших людей штата Южная Каролина. С этим делом никто не желает связываться. Его корни уходят в старинную непримиримую вражду; более того, от всего этого веет неким мистическим злом. И если бы не настойчивые уговоры друга-адвоката, частный детектив Чарли Паркер не взялся бы провести повторное расследование. На этот раз ему предстоит спуститься в самую бездну, встав на пути темных сил, угрожающих всему, чем он дорожит: его возлюбленной, нерожденному ребенку, даже самой его душе…

Как бы ни был прекрасен наш мир, в нем всегда довольно боли и страданий, а значит, частному детективу Чарльзу Паркеру придется на время забыть о тихих семейных вечерах в обществе Рейчел и вновь погрузиться в море страданий и горя. Обладая особым даром чувствовать связь времен и событий, он, словно элементы мозаики, сложит в единую картину, казалось бы, разрозненные факты: стремление некой организации добиться освобождения Фолкнера, убийство белой девушки, в котором обвиняют чернокожего парня, странные смерти респектабельных граждан Чарлстона, штат Южная Каролина... Паркеру предстоит понять суть происходящего, но ни ему, ни его близким не удастся остаться сторонними наблюдателями, ведь эта паутина сплеталась для них. И либо им удастся разорвать ее, либо их уделом станет Белая дорога — дорога смерти

Авторът на „Всяко мъртво нещо“, романът, който надмина „Мълчанието на агнетата“. В Южна Каролина чернокож младеж е обвинен в изнасилване и убийство на бяла девойка, дъщеря на най-богатия човек в щата. Това е случай, с който никой не иска да си цапа ръцете, и само Чарли Паркър ще дръзне да се заеме с нужните разследвания. Престъпление несъмнено има, но дали чернокожият Атис е истинският престъпник? Корените на злото се крият в отколешни събития и Паркър отново ще се осмели да надникне в най-черната пропаст на това старо зло, ще предизвика и ще се сблъска с тъмни сили, които заплашват най-скъпото му: съпругата, нероденото дете и собствената му душа. И отново ще броди из онези незнайни, неведоми граници, които отделят света на живите от света на мъртвите…

Древний вампир оказывается в ловушке на тонущем «Титанике», но рано или поздно он вновь увидит лунный свет… Лучший друг человека превращается в его самый страшный кошмар… Исполняя последнюю волю умершего отца, сын проводит ночь в склепе и попадает в водоворот дьявольского ритуала… С того света не возвращаются, но, если тебя лишили жизни на потеху публике, ты вернешься, чтобы отомстить… Более 50 авторов — от всемирно известного писателя Рэя Брэдбери до сценаристки Нэнси Холдер, чье имя мы привыкли видеть в титрах культового сериала «Баффи — истребительница вампиров». Более 50 произведений — от научной фантастики до готического романа. Более 50 ваших самых страшных кошмаров о кровожадных вампирах и мстительных призраков

Книга и тайна, книга и преступление – истории, вошедшие в этот сборник, связывает книжная тема. Вы узнаете о незваном госте, явившемся к Зигмунду Фрейду, о том, как знаменитый Коломбо разоблачил убийцу из книжного магазина, как любовь к книге сгубила главу мексиканского наркокартеля и как Лондонская библиотека оказалась хранилищем смертельно опасных тайн… В эту антологию, составленную по инициативе Отто Пенцлера, лауреата премий «Эдгар», «Эллери Куин» и «Ворон» за вклад в развитие и пропаганду детективного направления в литературе, вошли оригинальные работы известных мастеров остросюжетного жанра. Среди авторов и такие «крутые» авторы, как Кен Брюен, Рид Фаррел Коулмен, Лорен Эстлеман, Микки Спиллейн, Макс Аллан Коллинз, и создатели книг-бестселлеров Нельсон Демилль, Энн Перри, Джеффри Дивер, и лауреаты премии «Эдгар» Чарльз Дж. Бокс, Томас Кук, Лора Липпман

Джеръм Бърнел е бивш герой. Неочакваната му намеса при обир спасява няколко живота, но обрича собствения му на ужасни мъчения. Скоро след това целият му свят се преобръща. След жестоко обвинение, подплатено от убедителни доказателства, той се озовава в затвора, където години наред плаща най-ужасната цена за геройството си. Но в последните си дни, докато ловците му го дебнат за финално отмъщение, той споделя историята си с частния детектив Чарли Паркър. Разказва му за момиче, обречено на смърт, но спасено, за мъчителите си, които говорят за същество, скрито вдън гори и властващо над развалините на един умиращ свят. Паркър не е като другите хора. Той умря. Той се прероди. Той е готов да тръгне на война. Предстои му да се впусне по дирите на подозрителна и изолирана общност и да се изправи лице в лице с мъже, които боравят с насилие, заплахи и убийства, за да постигнат своето. Всичко в името на съществото, на което служат. В името на Мъртвия крал

„Всяко мъртво нещо“ е триумфалният дебют на Джон Конъли, награден с най-престижната награда за криминална литература „Шеймъс Мистъри“. Филмовите права на книгата, заедно с правата на следващия му роман „Дарк Холоу“, са откупени от Мирамакс за 6 милиона долара. „Всяко мъртво нещо“ ще бъде публикувана на 24 езика. Само седмица след публикуването на книгата в САЩ са продадени 11 милиона екземпляра

Градчето Проспъръс в щата Мейн се радва на благоденствие във времена, когато всички останали трудно оцеляват. Жителите му са заможни, а бъдещето на децата му – обезпечено. Проспъръс отбягва чуждите хора, но се грижи добре за своите. Всичко там се върти около старата черква, пренесена от Англия камък по камък от основателите на селището преди няколко века. Но един мъртъв бездомник и изчезналата му дъщеря привличат в Проспъръс неумолимия частен детектив Чарли Паркър, спохождан от духовете на своите убити близки. Паркър е опасен мъж. Действията му се направляват от състрадание, ярост и желание за мъст. В негово лице градчето и неговите закрилници срещат заплаха, многократно по-голяма от всяка друга в дълголетната им история, а в лицето на добре устроените и защитени жители на този малък град в щата Мейн Паркър ще се сблъска с най-злонамерените си противници. Чарли Паркър трябва да умре, за да може Проспъръс да оцелее – Проспъръс и тайната, скрита под старата черква

Пару лет назад в лесных дебрях штата Мэн потерпел крушение маленький двухмоторный самолет. Двое старых охотников, выслеживая оленя, случайно вышли на место крушения. В салоне самолета они обнаружили большую сумму денег и таинственный список с именами каких-то людей… Перед смертью один из них передал документ своей дочери, посоветовав обратиться к детективу Чарли Паркеру. Расследование показало, что все личности из этого списка замешаны в разных темных делах. Еще Чарли выяснил, что пропавшим самолетом интересуются и другие люди. Некоторые из них хорошо знакомы детективу по прошлым делам; они служат древней черной силе, и хуже и опаснее их Паркер никого не знает. Кроме того, вскоре ему стало известно, что этот список не единственный; есть еще один, в котором фигурирует имя самого Чарли. И все люди в нем приговорены к смерти…

След триумфалния си дебют с „Всяко мъртво нещо“ Джон Конъли „бетонира“ статута си с „Дарк Холоу“ и отново доказа, че името му ще се спряга често през новото хилядолетие. Правата за филмирането на двата романа са откупени от Мирамакс за 6 милиона долара

Пролет е и полумумифицираното тяло на млада еврейка бива открито погребано в горите на Мейн. Ясно се вижда, че е родила малко преди смъртта си. От бебето обаче няма и следа. Частният детектив Чарли Паркър е ангажиран от адвокат Мокси Кастин да следи полицейското разследване и да намери детето, но Паркър не е единственият, който търси. И някой друг е по следите, оставени от жената... Някой, който се интересува от нещо повече от едно изчезнало дете. Някой, готов да убие всеки, изправил се на пътя му. А в една къща на ръба на гората, един телефон-играчка започва да звъни. На едно малко момче му предстои да получи обаждане от мъртва жена

Пролет е и полумумифицираното тяло на млада еврейка бива открито погребано в горите на Мейн. Ясно се вижда, че е родила малко преди смъртта си. От бебето обаче няма и следа. Частният детектив Чарли Паркър е ангажиран от адвокат Мокси Кастин да следи полицейското разследване и да намери детето, но Паркър не е единственият, който търси. И някой друг е по следите, оставени от жената... Някой, който се интересува от нещо повече от едно изчезнало дете. Някой, готов да убие всеки, изправил се на пътя му. А в една къща на ръба на гората, един телефон-играчка започва да звъни. На едно малко момче му предстои да получи обаждане от мъртва жена

Они были Жнецами. Они существовали вне закона. Идеальные орудия убийства, сами не знающие, кому служат. Они не колеблясь спускали курок и умирали без сожалений. Но их больше нет. Смертоносный дуэт Луиса и Ангела – последний осколок канувшей в забвение организации. Теперь эти заплечных дел фрилансеры работают только на себя и своих друзей, таких, как нелюдимый детектив Чарли Паркер. Но прошлое, даже забытое и засекреченное, не оставляет их в покое. Давно похороненные недруги возвращаются, чтобы с процентами взыскать кровавые долги. И неразлучной парочке приходится просить мрачного сыщика об услуге…

Те са Жътварите, елитът сред убийците. Толкова са ужасяващи, че за тях се говори само шепнешком. Луис е единият от Жътварите. Но сега самият той и партньорът му Ейнджъл са под прицел. Милионер отшелник ги изпраща в северен град, който вече не съществува на картата. Град, управляван от човек, който има лични причини да желае смъртта на Луис. В този град Луис и Ейнджъл попадат в капана на най-страховития убиец Блис. Детективът Чарли Паркър може да ги спаси. Но дали ще дочакат спасението…

Частният детектив Джейкъб Еклънд изчезва и Чарли Паркър е изпратен да го открие. Работодателят на Паркър, Едгар Рос, агент на Федералното бюро за разследване, има свои собствени причини, поради които не е намерил Еклънд. Оказва се, че издирваният детектив не е никак обикновен. Той се занимава с преплетени случаи на убийства и изчезвания. И всички те имат странни връзки помежду си. Налага се Паркър да загърби личните си проблеми и да прекрачи в страховития свят на Еклънд – царство, в което чудовищна майка управлява разпадаща се престъпна империя, а мъжете сключват сделки с ангели... В това царство и невинните, и виновните са пионки в игра на духове. Смразяваща и жестока история

Авторът на Всяко мъртво нещо, романът, който надмина Мълчанието на агнетата. „Нищо не съм те карал насила, Джонатан. Каквото си направил, направил си го, защото си искал. Никой не е в състояние насила да те накара да вършиш злини. Злото си е в теб, ти си откликвал на своя вътрешна потребност. Такива са човеците. Носят злото в себе си, то ги подтиква да постъпват жестоко.“ Конъли отново ни предупреждава — „Няма по-голям кошмар от черната пукнатина в собственото ни съзнание“, това е посланието и на „Дарк Холоу“, и на „Книга за изгубените неща“, защото всичко, което си представяме, е реалност!

Притча, которую нам рассказывает автор международных бестселлеров англичанин Джон Коннолли, вполне в духе его знаменитых детективов о Чарли Паркере. Здесь все на грани — реальности, фантастики, мистики, сказки, чего угодно. Мир, в который попадает двенадцатилетний английский мальчик, как и мир, из которого он приходит, в равной мере оплетены зловещей паутиной войны. Здесь, у нас, — Второй мировой, там — войны за обладание властью между страшным Скрюченным Человеком и ликантропами — полуволками-полулюдьми. Само солнце в мире оживших сказок предпочитает светить вполсилы, и полутьма, которая его наполняет, населена воплотившимися кошмарами из снов и страхов нашего мира. И чтобы выжить в этом царстве теней, а тем более одержать победу, нужно совершить невозможное — изменить себя…

ВСЕМИРНЫЙ БЕСТСЕЛЛЕР И КУЛЬТОВЫЙ ФЭНТЕЗИ-ТРИЛЛЕР. ОБЛАДАТЕЛЬ ПРЕМИИ ALEX AWARDS. ЗДЕСЬ СТИВЕН КИНГ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ С БРАТЬЯМИ ГРИММ. Попасть сюда нелегко. Но выбраться – гораздо труднее. Тем более сохранив свою жизнь… После смерти матери Дэвид чувствует себя ужасно одиноким. Компанию ему составляют лишь книги на полке. Постепенно эти книги начинают шептаться с ним во тьме. Найдя убежище в мифах и сказках, которые так любила его мать, мальчик обнаруживает, что реальный мир и мир фантазий сливаются. А потом к нему пришел Скрюченный Человек. Пришел и с насмешливой улыбкой сказал: «Добро пожаловать, Ваше Величество. Слава новому королю…» И пока в Европе бушует Вторая мировая война, Дэвид переносится в страну, оказавшуюся странным, пугающе реальным отражением нашего мира. Страну, сплетенную из мифов и историй, населенную волками, похожими на людей, и людьми, которые хуже волков. Страну, где правит увядший король, хранящий свои секреты в легендарной «Книге потерянных вещей»… «Это мир, где сказки становятся явью. Но такой, что буквально мороз по коже…» – The Times «Эта книга увлекательна, клаустрофобна и зловеща; при этом она определенно пейдж-тернер». – Guardian «Это не слащавая сказочка, а скорее жуткий миф». – Daily Mail «Сильный, очень сильный писатель… и потрясающая книга». – Джеффри Дивер «Коннолли настолько хорош, что это даже пугает». – The Times «Коннолли с виртуозной легкостью рассказывает о вещах, о которых чрезвычайно трудно рассказывать». – Daily Mirror «Коннолли создает самые редкие книги – те, чьи сюжеты захватывают все ваше внимание, но при этом они написаны изысканным, блестящим языком». – Daily Mail