Itintroduced the character of Charlie Parker, a former policeman hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. Dark Hollow, the second Parker novel, followed in 2000. The third Parker novel, The Killing Kind, was published in 2001, with The White Road following in 2002. In 2003, I published my fifth novel - and first stand-alone book - Bad Men.
Biographiede John Connolly. John Connolly est né à Dublin en 1968. À travers son œuvre, ce journaliste de l’ Irish Times, à qui l’on doit le personnage du détective Charlie Parker, a su imposer un univers noir et fantastique d’une grande originalité. La Jeune Femme et l’Ogre est son dix-huitième livre publié aux Presses de laJohnConnolly. 4.15. 4,177 ratings357 reviews. From “a master of the macabre” ( RT Book Reviews ), private investigator Charlie Parker is unwittingly drawn into a world of vengeance. New York Times bestselling author John Connolly pits Parker against two separate — but vitally connected — investigations, which prove to be among
JohnConnolly is an Irish author who mainly writes short stories and novels. He is best known as the author of the Charlie Parker series of private detective novels and the
Ifirst met John Connolly 20 years ago in a bar on Lower Abbey Street in Dublin, where I interviewed him for an RTÉ books programme whose name I can’t recall. JohnConnolly's Charlie Parker defies genre constrictions; is he a detective with delusions of supernatural connections or is he even human. Whatever he is, his struggles make outstanding reading. I am currently re-reading the series and although on the first reading "The Black Angel" was a superb read, the second time around is even . 271 366 418 220 436 432 117 105