The Lovers: Private Investigator Charlie Parker hunts evil in the eighth book in the globally bestselling series
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In New York, a policeman pulls a gun on two unarmed teenagers and shoots them dead. He then takes his own life, but not before delivering a warning to his wife, the mother of their young son: They are coming.
Decades later, that son has grown up to be the private detective, Charlie Parker. Haunted by loss, he seeks to uncover the truth about his past, about his father's crimes, and about them.
But Parker is being followed: by an unscrupulous journalist, committed to exposing his dark secrets; by a young woman, fearful for her life after her boyfriend's murder; and by a deadly couple who have been hunting Parker for longer than he knows, with one aim in mind: to bring an end to his existence . . .
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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, the 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.
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.
