Hardback: Evil takes many forms. Private Investigator Charlie Parker hunts them all.
Furies (Greek Erinyes): mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unpunished crimes.
Now, in two short novels, private investigator Charlie Parker is drawn into a world of modern furies.
In The Sisters Strange, the return of the criminal Raum Buker to Portland, Maine brings with it chaos and murder, as an act of theft threatens not only to tear apart his own existence but also that of Raum’s former lovers, the enigmatic sisters Dolors and Ambar Strange.
And in the title tale, Parker finds himself fighting to protect two more women as the city of Portland shuts down in the face of a global pandemic, but it may be that his clients are more capable of taking care of themselves than anyone could have imagined.
They are wrong.
From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes two linked stories in one novel and the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker case yet.
The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order.
The Furies (2022) is the landmark twentieth book in this globally bestselling series.
About the author: John Connolly was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and has, at various points in his life, worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter and a dogsbody at Harrods department store in London. (A dogsbody, for our North American friends, is a 'go-fer'.) He studied English in Trinity College, Dublin and journalism at Dublin City University, subsequently spending five years working as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times newspaper. He divides his time between Dublin and Portland, Maine; makes regular donations to the wine industry; and keeps a number of dogs in a remarkable degree of comfort.
Rating: 6/5
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