A Song of Shadows: Private Investigator Charlie Parker hunts evil in the thirteenth book in the globally bestselling series

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EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.

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. 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 . . .

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 Song of Shadows is the thirteenth book in this globally bestselling series.

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4.7
106 reviews
Karen Massie
July 12, 2015
I did enjoy it but I felt perhaps that it was slightly too short and a little lacking in depth. When he has such wonderful characters at his finger tips I feel he should make more use of them. It almost seemed that this should be 'part one' of a longer story but at the same time it didn't seem as if there was more of this particular tale to tell. I'm not sure if that made sense to anyone. Parker's slightly fey nature is his appeal for me which he shares with James Lee Burke's detective Robicheaux.
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Kevin Brady
April 26, 2015
Have read all of the Charlie Parker novels.they keep you up late at night. Brilliant as usual, can't wait for the next book. Hurry up and publish it john
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Michael Ryan
July 17, 2015
One of the best Parker novels to date. As always, Connolly never fails to entertain. He is a fantastic writer and makes some other "leading writers" look like amateurs. A brilliant read.
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About the author

John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly's debut - EVERY DEAD THING - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC: Nocturnes Vol 2. In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.

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