The Charlie Parker Collection 1 # (Omnibus v1-4)

Former NYPD Charlie Parker first appears in EVERY DEAD THING on a quest for the killer of his wife and daughter. He is a man consumed by violence, guilt and the desire for revenge. When his ex-partner asks him to track down a missing girl, Parker embarks on a grim odyssey through the bowels of organised crime to a unique serial killer: The Travelling Man. In DARK HOLLOW, Private detective Charlie Parker embarks on a nerve-shredding manhunt and closes in on his prime suspect. But someone else is tracking them both. Parker's empathy with the powerless victims of crime is growing ever stronger. It makes him a natural choice to investigate the death of Grace Peltier in THE KILLING KIND - a death that appears to be a suicide. Genial killers Angel and Louis join Parker again as he descends into a honeycomb world populated by dark angels and lost souls. In THE WHITE ROAD, a black youth faces the death penalty for rape and murder; his victim, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina. It is a case with its roots in old evil, and old evil is Charlie Parker's speciality. Evil men from his past unite to exact a terrible revenge on the private detective. Formats : EPUB, MOBI The First Four Novels In The Charlie Parker Series, Available Together As A Digital-only Package. Former Nypd Charlie Parker First Appears In Every Dead Thing On A Quest For The Killer Of His Wife And Daughter. He Is A Man Consumed By Violence, Guilt And The Desire For Revenge. When His Ex-partner Asks Him To Track Down A Missing Girl, Parker Embarks On A Grim Odyssey Through The Bowels Of Organised Crime To A Unique Serial Killer: The Travelling Man. In Dark Hollow, Private Detective Charlie Parker Embarks On A Nerve-shredding Manhunt And Closes In On His Prime Suspect. But Someone Else Is Tracking Them Both. Parker's Empathy With The Powerless Victims Of Crime Is Growing Ever Stronger. It Makes Him A Natural Choice To Investigate The Death Of Grace Peltier In The Killing Kind - A Death That Appears To Be A Suicide. Genial Killers Angel And Louis Join Parker Again As He Descends Into A Honeycomb World Populated By Dark Angels And Lost Souls. In The White Road, A Black Youth Faces The Death Penalty For Rape And Murder; His Victim, The Daughter Of One Of The Wealthiest Men In South Carolina. It Is A Case With Its Roots In Old Evil, And Old Evil Is Charlie Parker's Speciality. Evil Men From His Past Unite To Exact A Terrible Revenge On The Private Detective. Former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker is on the verge of madness. Tortured by the unsolved slayings of his wife and young daughter, he is a man consumed by guilt, regret, and the desire for revenge. When his former partner asks him to track down a missing girl, Parker finds himself drawn into a world beyond his imagining: a world where thirty-year-old killings remain shrouded in fear and lies, a world where the ghosts of the dead torment the living, a world haunted by the murderer responsible for the deaths in his family - a serial killer who uses the human body to create works of art and takes faces as his prize. But the search awakens buried instincts in Parker: instincts for survival, for compassion, for love, and, ultimately, for killing. Aided by a beautiful young psychologist and a pair of bickering career criminals, Parker becomes the bait in a trap set in the humid bayous of Louisiana, a trap that threatens the lives of everyone in its reach. Driven by visions of the dead and the voice of an old black psychic who met a terrible end, Parker must seek a final, brutal confrontation with a murderer who has moved beyond all notions of humanity, who has set out to create a hell on earth: the serial killer known only as the Travelling Man A Fast-paced Thriller Featuring Charlie Parker From The Bestselling Author Of The Killing Kind. 'a Cracking Read From An Excellent And Highly Original Writer.' - Sunday Independent 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. Charlie Parker Returns In A Gruesome New Thriller, Not To Be Missed For Fans Of Stephen King And Michael Connelly. Still Raw From The Brutal Slayings Of His Wife And Daughter, And The Events Surrounding The Capture Of Their Killer, The Travelling Man, Charlie Parker Retreats To The Wintry Maine Landscape Of His Childhood. By Following In The Steps Of His Beloved Grandfather, Parker Hopes To Heal His Spirit And Get Through The Bitter Anniversary Of Jennifer And Susan's Murder. But The Echoes Of The Past That Await Him Are Not All Benign. In A Gruesome Re-enactment Of Parker's Own Nightmares, Another Young Woman Is Killed With Her Child And His Brief Involvement In Their Lives Impels Parker To Hunt Their Vicious Murderer. As The Death Toll Mounts, Parker Comes To Realise That The True Answer To The Puzzle Lies Thirty Years In The Past, In A Tree With Strange Fruit, In His Own Grandfather's History, And In The Perverted Desires Of A Monster Incarnate - Caleb Kyle. Charlie Parker Returns With A Thrilling Case - Perfect For Fans Of Michael Connelly And Jeffery Deaver. Did Grace Peltier Commit Suicide? When A Mass Grave In Northern Maine Reveals The Final Resting Place Of A Religious Community That Disappeared Almost Forty Years Earlier, Private Detective Charlie Parker, Hired To Investigate The Circumstances Of Her Death, Realises That Their Deaths And The Violent Passing Of Grace Peltier Are Part Of The Same Mystery, One That Has Its Roots In Her Family History And In The Origins Of The Shadowy Organisation Known As The Fellowship. Aided By The Genial Killers Angel And Louis, Parker Must Descend Into The Depths Of A Honeycomb World Populated By Dark Angels And Lost Souls, A World Where The Ghosts Of The Dead Wait For Justice And The Unwary Are Prey For The Worst Kind Of Creatures. The Killing Kind. . . Still raw from the brutal slayings of his wife and daughter, and the events surrounding the capture of their killer, the travelling man, Charlie Parker retreats to the wintry Maine landscape of his childhood. By following in the steps of his beloved grandfather, Parker hopes to heal his spirit and get through the bitter anniversary of Jennifer and Susan's murder. But the echoes of the past that await him are not all benign. In a gruesome re-enactment of Bird's own nightmares, another young woman is killed with her child and his brief involvement in their lives impels Parker to hunt their vicious murderer. As the death toll mounts, Parker comes to realise that the true answer to the puzzle lies thirty years in the past, in a tree with strange fruit, in his own grandfather's history, and in the perverted desires of a monster incarnate The Gripping First Charlie Parker Novel From Bestselling Author John Connolly - Perfect For Fans Of Stephen King And Jeffery Deaver. Tormented And Racked With Guilt Over The Brutal Slaying Of His Wife And Daughter, Charlie Parker, Ex-cop With The Nypd, Agrees To Track Down A Missing Girl. It Is A Search That Will Lead Him Into An Abyss Of Evil. At The Same Time, He Is Warned By An Old Black Woman In Louisiana That 'the Travelling Man' Is About To Strike Again. Multiple Strands Converge With A Horrific Confrontation In Which Hunter And Hunted Are Intimately Connected By Guilt. Grace Peltier is dead. But before she died, she stole something. A relic capable of linking a sinister organisation known as the Fellowship to decades of violence and murder. Now someone has been sent to revcover it. And someone has to stop him... Charlie Parker's shocking confrontation with demonic Mr Pudd will force Maine's maverick detective to descend into a honeycomb world of lost souls and dark angels, where he must do battle with a terrifying evil as old as time itself: THE KILLING KIND "An unspeakable presence in the woods. Private detective Charlie Parker has come home. To the Maine landscape of his youth, the ghosts of his past and the brutal slaying of a young mother and her son. Forced to embark on a nerve-shredding manhunt, Parker soon closes in on his prime suspect. To stop the killer, Parker will have to solve a thirty-year-old puzzle and map the nightmare wilderness of his own past and his own heart."--Page 4 of cover "Charlie Parker is a former NYPD detective shattered by the brutal slaying of his wife and child. The traveling man is a serial killer, an artist of death, making human bodies his canvas and taking faces as his price. Now a man who has lost everything is hunting a murderer with nothing to fear."--Page 4 of cover 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.