You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Then, in The Furies, Parker is charged with bringing about the end of a serious case of blackmail against the widow of a deceased Mafia man. The other case is Parker dipping his foot into intervening in domestic violence and these cases have a way of turning on the do-gooder.

I felt like the last few books lost the magic of the earlier Charlie Parker series, but this one (two stories in one book) brings it all back. In his attempt to help the sisters, Charlie finds himself drawn into what should be a simple theft of some valuable coins but this is a Charlie Parker thriller so of course nothing is as simple as it seems. In The Furies, Parker is hired on two separate cases by women trying to save their daughters from evil men. Judging by the fact that Connolly’s first novel is the namesake of my blog, it’s no secret that I am a big fan and with a series as long-running as this it is a wonder as to how John keeps the quality at such an unmatched level.The Furies: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unavenged crimes. S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows.

We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006). It might have been the scudding of clouds, or the shifting of the branches in the night breeze, but for an instant there was movement on X’s skin – no, not on, but under, so that the shape of his face was transfigured. Donal Ryan’s writing has the ability to take you straight to the heart of the character - and he makes it look easy ! Parker is hired by the woman, a nice lady with a sad history and an unfortunate tie to the New England mafia.

As the twentieth century dawns on the island of Rathlin, a place ravaged by storms and haunted by past tragedies, Nuala Byrne is faced with a difficult decision.