John Connolly Livres

Entré tout jeune dans une sanglante confrérie - les Faucheurs - Louis y a appris les rudiments d'un sale boulot. Contrat après contrat. Aujourd'hui, ces années-là sont derrière lui. Mais les démons du passé crient toujours dans la nuit et frappent à nouveau. Les Faucheurs sont à ses trousses. Bliss, le " tueur des tueurs ", veut sa peau : ni Louis ni ses proches ne sont a l'abri de son impitoyable vengeance. Bientôt, l'ami Charlie Parker se joint à la contre-attaque. Entre chiens et loups, la bataille s'annonce sans merci et la nuit, interminable, n'aura pas d'aurore...

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.

Sur son lit de mort, Harlan Vetters dévoile à ses enfants un ancien secret. Des années auparavant, il a trouvé, au fin fond d’une forêt du Maine, l’épave d’un avion dont la disparition n’avait jamais été signalée. À son bord, aucune trace humaine, mais une grosse somme d’argent, qu’il a dérobée, et une énigmatique liste de noms – tous liés à un destin funeste –, qu’il a laissée derrière lui. Contacté par la fille de Vetters, Charlie Parker découvre que de nombreuses personnes son prêtes à tuer pour s’approprier cette fameuse liste. Et en vient vite à se demander si son propre nom n’y figure pas…

Cinq ans que le docteur Daniel Clay, pédopsychiatre à la réputation trouble, n'a plus donné signe de vie. Comment expliquer que les enfants ayant subi des abus sexuels qu'il suivait retombaient invariablement dans l'enfer du viol ? Quelle horrible réalité se cache derrière le témoignage énigmatique fait par les victimes : un vieux clocher, des hommes à têtes d'oiseaux ? Autant de questions auxquelles le privé Charlie Parker doit répondre, et vite. Car un père en deuil, ex-tueur à gages, compte bien faire justice lui-même. Aveuglément. Quand les rapaces deviennent les proies, difficile de distinguer le bien du mal : dans les forêts profondes où le conduira cette course-poursuite, Parker devra faire l'apprentissage de la pitié. Et peut-être, enfin, faire taire ces voix qui chuchotent dans la nuit... «Ce livre est à coup sûr le meilleur roman d'un écrivain irlandais désormais considéré comme un des maîtres du genre.» P. B. - Atmosphères

L'Europe est sur le point de basculer dans la guerre. Le jeune David est trop petit pour comprendre la politique, mais il n'en ressent pas moins l'inquiétude qui, chaque jour, mine un peu plus les traits de son père. Le garçon se retrouve livré à lui-même, seul avec Rose, celle qui a remplacé sa mère défunte. Mais un jour, la voix de cette dernière l'appelle, elle est là, toute proche, quelque part au fond du jardin, dans ce tronc creux qui, hier encore, n'était pas là... Et voilà David aspiré dans un autre monde, peuplé de créatures tout droit sorties des contes qu'il lit à longueur de journée. Un lieu magique et violent où, au détour de chaque chemin, le guette un danger qu'il doit affronter s'il veut un jour rentrer chez lui.

Des histoires à dévorer les lumières allumées ! La vengeance d'une victime de viol, des émissaires du Vatican aux intentions troubles, un petit garçon qui sourit aux morts, une reine aux larmes magiques, un livre hanté, une bibliothèque diabolique, des fœtus dans des bocaux, une créature aux milliers d'yeux, des fantômes, des démons, des assassins... Avec ce recueil de nouvelles (dont deux novellas) envoûtantes et effrayantes, John Connolly délaisse le détective Charlie Parker et se plonge dans le registre du surnaturel pour le plus grand plaisir des lecteurs ! 15h36

Quelques meubles minables. Une odeur infecte. Aux murs, des miroirs, et encore des miroirs. Ici, il y a vingt ans, John Grady a tué quatre enfants. Ce n'est plus une maison, c'est un tombeau. Et quelque chose y demeure, qui ne demande qu'à ressurgir. Chargé de surveiller cet endroit sinistre, Charlie Parker scrute les ombres... Il n'est pas seul : dehors, un homme étrange attend de recouvrir une dette. Le "Collectionneur". Et si le pire était à chercher de l'autre côté des miroirs ?

Maine, Etats-Unis. Une petite station balnéaire, hors saison. Un détective balafré, bancal comme un solo de saxophone. Un cadavre sur le sable, chasseur sachant chasser, devenu proie des ombres. Soixante-dix ans après la guerre, les fantômes de l'holocauste viennent hanter ce coin venteux. Le passé brûle encore et ne veut pas s'éteindre. Est-ce Charlie Parker qui vient au Mal ? Ou bien le Mal qui, toujours, vient à Charlie Parker ? " Excellent ! " Rolling Stone " Une fois de plus, Connolly nous entraîne dans un thriller à l'intrigue addictive et dans un univers particulier très noir où le suspense côtoie le fantastique. " Paris Normandie

The Number One bestseller. It is spring, and the semi-preserved body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods. It is clear that she gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is engaged by the lawyer Moxie Castin to shadow the police investigation and find the infant, but Parker is not the only searcher. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in more than a missing child, someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake. And in a house by the woods, a toy telephone begins to ring. For a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman . . .

Grievously wounded private detective Charlie Parker investigates a case that has its origins in a Nazi concentration camp during the Second World War. Broken, but undeterred, private detective Charlie Parker faces the darkest of dark forces in a case with its roots in the second world war, and a concentration camp unlike any other . . . Recovering from a near-fatal shooting and tormented by memories of a world beyond this one, Parker has retreated to the small Maine town of Boreas to recover. There he befriends a widow named Ruth Winter and her young daughter, Amanda. But Ruth has her secrets. She is hiding from the past, and the forces that threaten her have their origins in the Second World War, in a town called Lubko and a concentration camp unlike any other. Old atrocities are about to be unearthed, and old sinners will kill to hide their sins. Now Parker is about to risk his life to defend a woman he barely knows, one who fears him almost as much as she fears those who are coming for her. His enemies believe him to be vulnerable. Fearful. Solitary. But they are wrong. Parker is far from afraid, and far from alone. For something is emerging from the shadows . . .

Three funny, scary adventures of a small boy with a dachshund, demons, science - and footnotes - in one volume.

All hardbacks in the first print run will be signed by the author. John Connolly - Sunday Times bestselling author, creator of the private investigator Charlie Parker - presents Irish genre fiction within the Irish literary tradition.

Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings and in doing so damned 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. He speaks of the girl who was marked for death but was saved, of the ones who tormented him, and an entity that hides in a ruined stockade. Parker is not like other men. He died, and was reborn. He is ready to wage war. Now he will descend upon a strange, isolated community called the Cut, and face down a force of men who rule by terror, intimidation, and murder. All in the name of the being they serve. All in the name of the Dead King.

A mother's worst fear realised; a court case that reveals the darkest of secrets - The Instruments of Darkness thrills from the very first page.

The second in the epic Chronicles of the Invaders trilogy by bestselling author John Connolly, and Jennifer Ridyard. For fans of THE 5TH WAVE and I AM NUMBER FOUR. She is the trophy of a civilization at war with itself. He is its rebel captive. Separated by millions of light years, their dreams are united. And they will risk everything to make their world - all worlds - right again. EMPIRE. The second in the epic Chronicles of the Invaders series.

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and shockingly fatal femme fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today’s finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short, sizzling masterpieces filled with thrilling tales that showcase how sexy and fierce the 'gentler sex' can be. In 'Third Party', a party girl takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night, while Nelson DeMille's 'Rendezvous' plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the deadliest scourge is a woman. Elmore Leonard introduces a Depression-era teenage gun moll in 'Louly and Pretty Boy', who loves Pretty Boy Floyd more than robbing filling stations. Lorenzo Carcaterra's 'A Thousand Miles from Nowhere' features a smart blonde seeking slow-simmered vengeance, and Michael Connelly's 'Cielo Azul' reveals how a nameless woman found dead in Los Angeles can be the most lethal prey. Other riveting tales include a scorned lover claiming an old fling's heart, a mysterious woman offering a tempting suicide pact, and a she-demon rising from the grave. These and many other bad girls cast their criminal spells through the powerful voices of Joyce Carol Oates, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffrey Deaver, and more, in stories as irresistible as the anti-heroines that blaze through their pages.

The annual thrilling instalment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series. It is deep winter. The darkness is unending. The private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished, and Charlie Parker is dispatched to track him down. Parker's employer, Edgar Ross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has his own reasons for wanting Eklund found. Eklund is no ordinary investigator. He is obsessively tracking a series of homicides and disappearances, each linked to reports of hauntings. Now Parker will be drawn into Eklund's world, a realm in which the monstrous Mother rules a crumbling criminal empire, in which men strike bargains with angels, and in which the innocent and guilty alike are pawns in a game of ghosts . . .

Did Grace Peltier commit suicide? When a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the final resting place of a religious community that disappeared 40 years ago, private detective Charlie Parker realises that their deaths are part of the same mystery.

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 . . . But the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.

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.

Parker fears no evil. But evil fears him . . .

John Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension between commercial demands and artistic integrity and the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists. An extraordinary reimagining of the life of one of the greatest screen comedians the world has ever known: a man who knew both adoration and humiliation; who loved, and was loved in turn; who betrayed, and was betrayed; who never sought to cause pain to others, yet left a trail of affairs and broken marriages in his wake . . . And whose life was ultimately defined by one relationship of such tenderness and devotion that only death could sever it: his partnership with the man he knew as Babe. he is Stan Laurel. But he did not really exist. Stan Laurel was a fiction. With he , John Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension between commercial demands and artistic integrity, the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists, and one of the most enduring and beloved partnerships in cinema history: Laurel &Hardy.

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 . . .

Samuel Johnson v. The Devil, Round II. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. Just start running.

It is 1997, and someone is slaughtering young women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one in the Dirty South wants to admit it. 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. Witness the dawning of a conscience. Witness the birth of a hunter. Witness the becoming of Charlie Parker.

***THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*** 'This epic tale deserves all the praise that is coming its way. Phenomenal' Sun In Amsterdam, three people die in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between, and confidante of an assassin named Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They believe they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland. They are wrong. For Louis has come to Europe to hunt them down: five killers to be found and punished before they can vanish into the east. There is only one problem. There's a sixth. From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling thriller yet. The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. The Nameless Ones is the nineteenth book in this globally bestselling series.

Charlie Parker returns in the chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LOVERS

Unnerving. Unpredictable. Unforgettable: JOHN CONNOLLY IS THE MASTER OF THE SUPERNATURAL THRILLER. Join Charlie Parker as he returns to the dark side for another chilling case.

When Charlie Parker was still a boy, his father, an NYPD cop, killed a young couple, a boy and a girl barely older than his son, then took his own life. There was no explanation for his actions. Stripped of his private investigator's license, and watched by the police, Parker is working in a Portland bar, holding down a job and staying out of trouble. But in the background, he is working on his most personal case yet, an investigation into his own origins and the circumstances surrounding the death of his father, Will. It is an investigation that will reveal a life haunted by lies, by his mother's loss and his father's betrayal, by secrets kept and loyalties compromised. And by two figures in the shadows, a man and a woman, with only one purpose: to bring an end to Charlie Parker's existence . . .

Samuel Johnson is not in a happy place.He is dating the wrong girl, demons are occupying his spare room, and the town in which he lives appears to be cursed. But there is some good news on the horizon. After years of neglect, the grand old building that once housed Wreckit & Sons is about to reopen as the greatest toyshop that Biddlecombe has ever seen, and Samuel and his faithful dachshund Boswell are to be guests of honour at the big event. A splendid time will be had by all, as long as they can ignore the sinister statue that keeps moving around the town, the Shadows that are slowly blocking out the stars, the murderous Christmas elves, and the fact that somewhere in Biddlecombe a rotten black heart is beating a rhythm of revenge. A trap has been set. The Earth is doomed. The last hope for humanity lies with one young boy and the girl who's secretly in love with him. Oh, and a dog, two demons, four dwarfs and a very polite monster.

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.

Layer Cake, a metaphor for the many murky layers of the criminal world, is set in modern day London and features smooth-talking and sophisticated drug dealer aXA whose plan is to quietly bank-roll enough cash to retire young (early).

Darkly comic, fast-paced and full of twists Viva la Madness is packed with sex, scams, drugs and enough dirty money to fill a few offshore bank accounts.

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 . . .

Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to Phoebe the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world. But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard. Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting. To the Land of Lost Things.

When his friend, a former member of an elite assassin organization, is abducted by a vengeful adversary, Charlie Parker and his associates set out to find him, in a case that forces Charlie to test the boundaries of his ethics.

Funny, scary adventure with a dachshund, demons, science - and footnotes.

One of Amazon's Top 10 YA novels for 2013. An epic tale set on an Earth ruled by an elite alien race. For fans of Rick Yancey and Pittacus Lore.

An all-original anthology of stories from some of today's hottest supernatural and fantasy writers, 'Zombie' provides a new take on death and resurrection.

Exploring the profound impact of relationships, this collection of short stories delves into the highs of newfound love and the depths of loss. It captures the emotional spectrum of human connections, revealing how they can lead to unexpected experiences and, at times, darker impulses when individuals are tested. Each narrative offers a unique perspective on the complexities of love and the human condition.

Filled with eerie surprises and dark delights, this collection continues the themes established in its predecessors, Nocturnes and Night Music. The stories explore the interplay between light and darkness, revealing unsettling truths and haunting narratives that captivate the reader's imagination. Each tale invites a deeper reflection on the complexities of human experience, making it a compelling read for those drawn to the mysterious and the macabre.

Proofreading is a fundamental skill for any student. This book helps students master the nuts & bolts of grammar, spelling and punctuation, as well as consider word choices and clarity.

'John Connolly is the creator of a unique blend of thriller and horror who receives rave reviews every time' Sunday TelegraphA Child Missing. A Mother Accused. Charlie Parker Is Their Only Hope.In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: 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. Defending Colleen is the lawyer Moxie Castin, and working alongside him is the private investigator Charlie Parker, who senses the tale has another twist, one involving a husband too eager to accept his wife's guilt, a disgraced psychic seeking redemption, and an old crooked house deep in the Maine woods, a house that should never have been built.A house, and what dwells beneath.'Dark and dangerous ... but where there is also kindness, loyalty, love. Ultimately, it's a story of hope' IRISH EXAMINER

De moord op een hoertje leidt tot een bovennatuurlijke speurtocht.

Thomas Bishop avait dix ans quand il a tué sa mère. Retrouvé au pied du poêle, un bout de chair carbonisé à la bouche, il a passé quinze ans en institut psychiatrique. Là, il a appris. A mentir. A cacher. Mais il est prêt. Le soir de son évasion, il pulvérise à la hache le crâne de son compagnon. On le croit mort. Il court les rues. Et c'est sous le nom de son malheureux partenaire qu'il terrorisera Los Angeles, Chicago, New York. Ses talents d'acteur, ses multiples identités, son visage d'ange jouent en sa faveur. Les filles sont retrouvées, une à une, massacrées. L'opinion s'offusque. On parle de rétablir la peine de mort dans plusieurs états. Les politiciens s'en mêlent, la mafia s'agite, la presse enquête. Parmi les journalistes, un nommé Adam Kenton fait des merveilles. Mais le monstre reste en liberté. Pour la société qui l'a créé et qui, aujourd'hui, souhaite sa mort, Bishop est l'homme à abattre. Le mal absolu. Son enfant...

Love and Crime Frauen sind gefährlich, besonders wenn sie auf Männer treffen, die verliebt und damit beinahe wehrlos sind. Doch welche Waffe einer Frau ist bedrohlicher - die Magnum in der Hand oder ein verführerisches Lächeln im Gesicht? Die größten Autoren des Genres erzählen, warum eine Affäre einen Mann den Kopf kosten kann. Mit brandneuen Geschichten von Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Anne Perry, Elmore Leonard, Ian Rankin und anderen.

Wanneer een detective wordt ingehuurd door een vrouw die zich bedreigd voelt, ontdekt hij meer dan hem lief is.