Charlie Parker series

About this book series

This is a book series by John Connolly. It has 22 books. The first book was published in 1999.

Author: John Connolly

All books of Charlie Parker series in order

  • 1Poster Every Dead Thing
    Every Dead Thing

    Haunted by the unsolved slayings of his wife and daughter, former New York City Detective Charlie Parker is a man consumed by guilt, regret, and the desire for revenge. Now, as ...

    May 11, 1999
  • 2Poster Dark Hollow
    Dark Hollow

    Private detective Charlie "Bird" Parker is in mourning for his family who were murdered. He decides to return to Maine to find solace, but unexpectedly finds himself involved in ...

    June 26, 2001
  • 3Poster The Killing Kind
    The Killing Kind

    Is it possible that Grace Peltier took her own life? A recent discovery of a mass grave in northern Maine has uncovered the remains of a religious community that vanished nearly ...

    September 3, 2002
  • 4Poster The White Road
    The White Road

    In South Carolina, a young black man is facing the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. This is a ...

    March 11, 2003
  • 5Poster The Black Angel
    The Black Angel

    With The Black Angel, John Connolly elevates his Charlie Parker series beyond the typical serial killer thriller and delves deeper into supernatural horror--a direction that ...

    May 31, 2005
  • 6Poster The Unquiet
    The Unquiet

    Daniel Clay, a psychologist who was once respected, has been missing for years after it was revealed that he had caused harm to the children under his care. His daughter ...

    May 15, 2007
  • 7Poster The Reapers
    The Reapers

    A brilliantly chilling novel by New York Times bestselling author John Connolly about a chain of killings, linked obscurely by great distances and the passage of years, and the ...

    May 27, 2008
  • 8Poster The Lovers
    The Lovers

    June 2, 2009
  • 9Poster The Whisperers
    The Whisperers

    Deep in the expansive and permeable Great North Woods, a dangerous smuggling operation is underway. This operation is being run by a group of disillusioned former soldiers who ...

    July 13, 2010
  • 10Poster The Burning Soul
    The Burning Soul

    Randall Haight carries a hidden truth: during his teenage years, he and a friend committed a terrible crime, taking the life of a 14-year-old girl. Despite serving his time and ...

    September 6, 2011
  • 11Poster The Wrath of Angels
    The Wrath of Angels

    In the heart of the Maine wilderness, the wreckage of an airplane has been discovered. No bodies have been found, and no one has reported a missing aircraft, but there are ...

    January 1, 2013
  • 12Poster The Wolf in Winter
    The Wolf in Winter

    New York Times bestselling author John Connolly is a master of the supernatural thriller - ‘a genre of one’ (Bookreporter) - whose eerie and electrifying Charlie Parker mystery ...

    October 28, 2014
  • 13Poster A Song of Shadows
    A Song of Shadows

    Private detective Charlie Parker, still recovering from his life-threatening wounds, delves into a case with roots in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II in this ...

    September 29, 2015
  • 14Poster A Time of Torment
    A Time of Torment

    From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker thriller yet.

    August 2, 2016
  • 15Poster A Game of Ghosts
    A Game of Ghosts

    The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. A Game of Ghosts is the fifteenth book in this globally bestselling series.

    July 4, 2017
  • 16Poster The Woman in the Woods
    The Woman in the Woods

    In the picturesque Maine forest, a partially preserved corpse is unearthed. Detectives soon realize that the woman had recently given birth before her demise. However, there is ...

    June 12, 2018
  • 17Poster A Book of Bones
    A Book of Bones

    Private Investigator Charlie Parker returns in this heart-pounding thriller as he seeks revenge against the darkest forces in the world, from ‘one of the best thriller writers ...

    October 15, 2019
  • 18Poster The Dirty South
    The Dirty South

    The New York Times bestselling author of A Book of Bones and ‘one of the best thriller writers we have’ (Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author) goes back to the ...

    November 3, 2020
  • 19Poster The Nameless Ones
    The Nameless Ones

    From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author of The Dirty South, the white-knuckled Charlie Parker series returns with this heart-pounding race to hunt ...

    October 26, 2021
  • 20Poster The Furies
    The Furies

    Chaos and murder arrive in Charlie Parker’s hometown of Portland, Maine, with two connected crimes in the latest novel in #1 nationally bestselling author John Connolly’s ...

    October 11, 2022
  • 21Poster The Instruments of Darkness
    The Instruments of Darkness

    From the international and instant New York Times bestselling author John Connolly, this heart-wrenching installment of the beloved and brilliant Charlie Parker series ‘will ...

    May 7, 2024
  • 22Poster Children of Eve
    Children of Eve

    The ‘consistently high-quality’ (Booklist) Charlie Parker series continues with a white-knuckled new thriller from New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.

    May 6, 2025