New Releases by John Connolly

The #1 New York Times bestseller Filthy Rich exposed the public to Jeffrey Epstein's shocking exploits as a multi-millionaire pedophile. Ten years on, the story that outlives him is chronicled in this new edition. Charismatic college dropout Jeffrey Epstein amassed a huge fortune by expertly manipulating numbers, people, law, and decency--even after becoming a convicted sex offender. Then in 2019, Epstein was found dead in his jail cell. Before he could stand trial. Before his hundreds of victims could confront him. Featuring original police interviews and court transcripts, details of the criminal investigations and new material contextualizing the case, this riveting yet harrowing tale of wealth, power, and the easy price of justice for America's wealthiest citizens reveals what we didn't understand then--and what we know today. "Much more than a true crime book." --Town & Country "James Patterson applies his writerly skills to real-life history." --People

Una joven madre se embarca en un viaje iniciático, en una nueva aventura después de El libro de las cosas perdidas «Los amantes de la lectura y los seguidores de John Connolly no se sentirán decepcionados con esta extraordinaria novela.» The Independent «Un viaje profundo y sutil al corazón de la condición humana.» The Irish Times «Un viaje apasionante.» Daily Mail Phoebe, una niña de ocho años, yace en coma tras un accidente de coche. Ceres, su madre, la acompaña, sentada junto a su cama en el hospital, y le lee los cuentos de hadas que Phoebe adoraba, con la esperanza de que estos la ayuden a traerla de regreso a este mundo. Pero es difícil mantener esa esperanza, muy difícil. Y precisamente cuando la fe de Ceres decae, cobra protagonismo una antigua casa situada en los terrenos del hospital, una propiedad relacionada con un libro escrito por un misterioso autor desaparecido. Una extraña fuerza impele a Ceres a entrar en esa casa y viajar a un lugar lleno de fantasía: una tierra coloreada por los recuerdos de su infancia y del folclore amado de su padre, una tierra de brujas y dríades, gigantes y mandrágoras; una tierra donde viejos enemigos —y quizá también amigos— observan y esperan. La tierra de las cosas perdidas.

La tímida y frágil Colleen Clark ha sido acusada del peor crimen que una madre puede cometer: el posible asesinato de su hijo, un niño de dos años que desapareció de noche, mientras ella dormía, y del que sólo queda una manta infantil empapada en sangre. Aunque aún no ha empezado el juicio, todo el mundo en Portland--políticos y fiscales en época electoral, policías curtidos, gente común y corriente--se ha formado una opinión sobre el caso, y la mayoría cree que la madre, Colleen, es culpable. Por lo tanto, Colleen contrata como abogado defensor a Moxie Castin, principalmente para que Charlie Parker les ayude como investigador. Poco a poco, el detective Parker va rasgando la superficie de un caso que involucra a un marido desapegado, a un grupo de radicales de extrema derecha, a una vidente en busca de redención...y una vieja casa oculta en lo más denso de los bosques de Maine. Una casa que jamás debió haberse construido.

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, “one of the best thriller writers we have” (Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author), returns with a shivery collection of supernatural tales. Filled with eerie surprises and dark delights, Night and Day takes us from the dusty shelves of an uncanny library filled with fictional characters to a bunker deep beneath the earth where scientists seek revenge on old Nazis; from an English marsh haunted by a mother and her son to a country house where a grieving widower finds comfort from a most unlikely source. Concluding with the author’s account of how an obscure horror film brought him closer to his lost father, and how nostalgia can help to keep us sane, this is a collection that will move, entertain, and keep you reading late into the night.

Cuando el caos y el crimen llegan a Portland, solo el detective Charlie Parker se atreve a desafiarlos. «Excepcional... lleno de suspense.» Publishers Weekly «Una lectura obligada para los fans del autor y una buena introducción a la serie para los novatos.» Booklist «De lectura obligatoria.» New York Post Las furias son divinidades mitológicas que atormentan a quienes han cometido crímenes no castigados; ahora, en dos inquietantes y brillantes novelas, el investigador privado Charlie Parker se ve arrastrado a un mundo de furias modernas. En Las hermanas Strange, el perseguido criminal Raum Buker regresa a Portland, en Maine, sembrando a su paso el caos y la muerte, ya que un misterioso robo amenaza no sólo su propia existencia, sino también la de las antiguas amantes de Raum, las enigmáticas hermanas Dolors y Ambar Strange. Y, en Las furias, Parker lucha por proteger a otras dos mujeres mientras la ciudad de Portland se confina debido a una pandemia global, pero puede que sus clientas sean más capaces de cuidarse a sí mismas de lo que nadie hubiera imaginado... Dos novelas en una del maestro del thriller.

Working alongside lawyer Moxie Castin to prove the innocence of a woman accused of abducting and possibly murdering of her child, P.I. Charlie Parker, to solve this heart-wrenching case, follows its twists and turns to an old house deep in the Maine woods-house that should have never been built.

"In Amsterdam, four bodies, violently butchered, are discovered in a canal house, the remains of friends and confidantes of the assassin known only as 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 thin air. There is just one problem. The sixth"--

"John Connolly returns with a prequel that goes back to the very beginning of Private Investigator Charlie Parker's astonishing career with his first terrifying case"--

“Irresistible.” —Stephen King Private Investigator Charlie Parker returns in this heart-pounding thriller as he seeks revenge against the darkest forces in the world, from “one of the best thriller writers we have” (Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed The Woman in the Woods. He is our best hope. He is our last hope. He is our only hope. On a lonely moor in northern England, the body of a young woman is discovered. 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. Charlie Parker has also heard it and from the forests of Maine to the deserts of the Mexican border, from the canals of Amsterdam to the streets of London, he will track those who would cast the world into darkness. Parker fears no evil—but evil fears him. “A seamless, expansive, and chilling blend of police procedural and gothic horror tale” (Kirkus Reviews), A Book of Bones will keep you guessing until the very last page.

“With its singular characters, eerie subject matter, and socko style” (The New York Times), this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author John Connolly follows Private Investigator Charlie Parker as he is hired to track down the identity of a dead woman—who apparently died in childbirth—and her missing child. In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered. Investigators realize that the 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 one searching. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in much 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 and a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman. With breathless pacing and shivery twists and turns, “this is Connolly’s masterpiece” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

In this "utterly enchanting" Edgar and Anthony Award–winning novella, a book lover uncovers a secret world of literary wonders ( Irish Times). A voracious reader, Mr. Berger leads a solitary but satisfying life. Preferring the company of books to that of people, he's looking forward to an early retirement in the English countryside, where he can spend his remaining years nestled comfortably between the pages of classic literature. But his serene life is disrupted when he witnesses a woman with a distinctive red traveling bag fling herself before a train. If Mr. Berger isn't mistaken, he's just seen the climax of Anna Karenina reenacted on the Exeter-to-Plymouth railway. Though there is no body on the tracks, and the destiny of the tragic victim was written nearly a century before, Mr. Berger still longs to rescue her. The investigation leads him to the Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository, where the living breathing characters of literary invention are under the guardianship of a curious caretaker—and where, for Mr. Berger, the line between fiction and reality will blur beyond comprehension.

Soukromý detektiv Charlie Parker se zotavuje z těžkého zranění, ale přesto se podílí na vyšetřování dalšího případu. Rekonvalescence ho přivádí do zdánlivě poklidného městečka v Maine, kde se spřátelí s Ruth Winterovou. Jenže Ruth má svá tajemství a před někým se skrývá. A tak Parker opět riskuje život ve snaze ochránit ženu, kterou sotva zná. Ženu, jež se ho bojí téměř stejně, jako se on obává toho, co si přichází pro ni. Tentokrát se detektiv Parker střetává s temnými silami, jejichž kořeny sahají až do nacistického koncentračního tábora během druhé světové války. Jeho nepřátelé se domnívají, že je bezbranný. Vystrašený. Osamělý. Ale jsou na omylu. Parker se vůbec nebojí a vůbec není sám. Protože něco vyvstává z temnoty stínů...

Internationally bestselling author John Connolly returns with a gripping Charlie Parker novel that's “an epic supernatural suspense that will forever reset your standards for summer thrillers...there isn’t a single dull sentence found in the pages of A Game of Ghosts—you’ll love it.” —Redbook It is deep winter and the darkness is unending. A private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished and Charlie Parker is assigned 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 is 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...

The third thrilling Chronicles of the Invaders adventure from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard mixes classic sci-fi with gripping suspense and richly drawn characters. Syl Hellais and Paul Kerr have traveled through Derith, the mysterious wormhole from which no traveler has ever returned. Yet Derith’s secrets are darker than they imagined, and trapped in a dimension beyond their own, they finally emerge to discover a universe that has moved on without them. Years have passed, and civil war rages among the Illyri. It is whispered that the Earth is lost, prey to the alien parasites known as the Others, and other worlds will soon follow. Most shocking of all, the sinister Archmage Syrene of the Nairene Sisterhood has disappeared into the bowels of the Sisterhood’s lair. But before she cloistered herself, Archmage Syrene chose her replacement. The Sisterhood has a new leader, with her own plans for the future of her race. Now Syl and Paul, teenagers in a deadly adult world, must find a way to change the course of history and save the lives of billions. They have but one hope—for Syl Hellais is changing…

Racing against a serial killer in the depths of the Maine woods, private detective Charlie Parker searches for a secret list of names in the wreckage of a plane that has never been reported missing.

*** The Number One Bestseller *** EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS. PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL. Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings and in doing so damned himself. His life was torn apart. 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 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. From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker thriller yet. The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. A Time of Torment is the fourteenth book in this globally bestselling series.

From the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mysteries—"the finest crime series currently in existence" (The Independent)—comes a new anthology of chilling short fiction. A decade after Nocturnes first terrified and delighted readers, John Connolly, bestselling author of thirteen acclaimed thrillers featuring private investigator Charlie Parker, gives us a second volume of tales of the supernatural. From stories of the monstrous for dark winter nights to fables of fantastic libraries and haunted books, from a tender account of love after death to a frank, personal, and revealing account of the author's affection for myths of ghosts and demons, this is a collection that will surprise, delight—and terrify. Night Music: Nocturnes 2 also contains two novellas: the multi-award-winning The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository and The Fractured Atlas. Night Music: Nocturnes 2 is a masterly collection to be read with the lights on—menace has never been so seductive.

Qualcuno o qualcosa è sopravvissuto. E ora è in attesa... “Uno dei migliori thriller degli ultimi anni. Leggetelo con le luci accese e la porta chiuse a chiave.” Bookreporter.com “Vivamente raccomandato per la trama, la caratterizzazione dei personaggi, l’autenticità, l’orrore... e l’umanità.” Library Journal “La rabbia degli angeli è una lettura eccezionale.” Booklist “Un romanzo memorabile. Il lettore ne sarà avvinto dall’inizio alla fine. Ancora una volta Connolly ci ha regalato un thriller mozzafiato.” Suspense Magazine “La più raffinata serie crime in circolazione.” Independent on Sunday Si racconta che in un bosco del Maine vaghi il fantasma di una bambina; è vestita di nero e ha gli occhi incavati. Durante una battuta di caccia in quei luoghi, due uomini incappano nei rottami di un piccolo velivolo, e forse non si tratta di un semplice caso. Tra le lamiere non trovano cadaveri, solo un borsone pieno di denaro, dei fogli che recano una lunga lista di nomi e un paio di manette spezzate legate al bracciolo di un sedile. Gli uomini prendono il denaro e il primo foglio della lista, e lasciano il segreto sepolto tra le ombre del bosco. Solo sul letto di morte uno dei due racconterà l’episodio ai propri figli, chiedendo loro di contattare il detective Charlie Parker. Profondo conoscitore della natura del male che cerca di imporsi sul mondo, investigatore in bilico tra realtà e paranormale, presto Parker scoprirà che quei rottami custodiscono qualcosa che potrebbe decidere le sorti dell’eterna lotta tra luce e ombra: la lista di coloro che hanno stretto un patto con il diavolo. Ha inizio una ricerca sfrenata in cui il detective non è solo: sulle tracce del prezioso documento ci sono anche una donna con una spiccata propensione agli omicidi, un ragazzino silenzioso che ricorda la propria morte e un efferato serial killer alla ricerca di vittime. Ma nei boschi del Maine troveranno qualcos’altro ad attenderli oltre al relitto di un areoplano...

Krimi. 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

Uno de los pasajeros sobrevivió... y te está esperando. En las profundidades de los bosques de Maine se descubren los restos de un avión siniestrado. No hay cadáveres. Nunca se informó de la desaparición de dicho avión. Pero hombres de toda laya lo buscaban desde hacía mucho tiempo. Lo que esconden los restos del aparato es algo más importante que el dinero: es una lista de nombres, crucial en el combate contra las fuerzas de las tinieblas. La lucha por obtener esa lista atrae al detective Charlie Parker. También capta la atención de otros: una mujer hermosa, de cara marcada, con afición a matar; un niño callado que recuerda su propia muerte; y el asesino en serie conocido como el Coleccionista, que busca nuevos corderos para sus sacrificios. Pero a medida que las fuerzas rivales se abaten sobre el lugar, el bosque se prepara para recibirlos, ya que en su espesura oculta otros secretos. Alguien sobrevivió al accidente. Sí, alguien sobrevivió. Y está esperando...

Charlie Parker ha da poco riavuto la sua licenza di investigatore privato quando viene interpellato da Bennett Patchett, il proprietario di un diner nei pressi di Portland, piuttosto scettico riguardo alle circostanze del suicidio del figlio, reduce dell’Iraq. Non ci vuole molto perché si scopra che Joel Tobias, ex comandante della squadra di Damien Patchett, conduce uno stile di vita decisamente sopra le righe e che i suoi andirivieni dal Canada sono tutt’altro che innocui viaggi di lavoro. Intanto, con ritmo implacabile, si susseguono i suicidi nell’ex brigata Stryker, responsabiledel trafugamento dal Museo di Baghdad di un misterioso scrigno da cui sembrano provenire inquietanti sussurri. Stanno morendo tutti... E due personaggi sospetti si scorgono sullo sfondo. Il primo, Herod, deturpato nell’aspetto da un male incurabile, aspetta di portare a termine il proprio folle percorso di morte e rigenerazione; l’altro, il Collezionista, caccia nell’ombra come sicario di Dio, gloriandosi di macabri trofei. Nel buio, là dove le forze oscure si scatenano, Parker sarà forse costretto a stringere una terribile alleanza, per poi scoprire, ancora una volta, che non c’è soluzione senza ambiguità.

In this delightfully imaginative novel, once again, hell threatens to break loose as Samuel Johnson and his ragtag group of friends must defend their town from shadowy forces more threatening than ever before... In this clever and quirky follow-up to The Gates and The 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 dating the lovely Lucy Highmore, to boot. 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 Creeps is humorous horror for anyone who enjoys fiction at its best.

Told in the same serial novel format that made 2011's "No Rest for the Dead" such a commercial and critical success, "Inherit the Dead" is a collaboration between twenty of today's bestselling mystery and thriller authors - each taking a chapter of the narrative and infusing it with their signature style.

“Books alter men, and men, in their turn, alter worlds.” Soter is a man who has been haunted by World War I. But when he’s sent to investigate the disappearance of Lionel Maudling, the owner of a grand country house whose heir may be accused for his death, he encounters a home that will lead him to nightmares he could have never imagined. Maudling’s estate houses countless books of every sort—histories, dramas, scientific treatises. But none seems to offer Soter any hint to Maudling’s whereabouts, until he’s led to an arcane London bookseller where the reclusive scholar made his last purchase. What Soter finds at the end of a twisted maze of clues is a book like no other, with a legacy that will put everything he knows in danger… An inventive horror novella from internationally bestselling author John Connolly, this is a story of madness, of obsession, and of books’ power to change the world.

Winner of the 2013 Agatha, Anthony and the Macavity Awards for Best Crime Non-Fiction. With so many mystery novels to choose from and so many new titles appearing each year, where should the reader start? What are the classics of the genre? Which are the hidden gems? In the most ambitious anthology of its kind yet attempted, the world's leading mystery writers have come together to champion the greatest mystery novels ever written. In a series of personal essays that often reveal as much about themselves and their work work as they do about the books that they love, more than 120 authors from twenty countries have created a guide that will be indispensable for generations of readers and writers. From Christie to Child and Poe to PD James, from Sherlock Holmes to Hannibal Lecter and Philip Marlowe to Peter Wimsey, BOOKS TO DIE FOR brings together the cream of the mystery world for a feast of reading pleasure, a treasure trove for those new to the genre and those who believe that there is nothing new left to discover. This is the one essential book for every reader who has ever finished a mystery novel and thought . . . I want more! www.bookstodiefor.net