The Unquiet

Parker is a classic character who walks straight and tall like someone from the old west, and the reader knows all will be well once he arrives in town. THE UNQUIET just won’t let you put it down as the plot careers across the pages like a runaway train. Excellent! - Independent on Sunday

This man’s so good, it’s terrifying … a quieter, subtler, more reflective way of scaring us into shivering wrecks … His gift for instilling terror is undimmed … Connolly operates in the terrain between unease and horror and does so without resorting to hysteria - The Times

Connolly’s books are shot through with bitter poetry, and couched in prose as elegant as most literary fiction … However, all of this is not the overriding reason why Connolly has risen above most of his peers. It’s because Connolly’s work has raised the stakes, beyond the quotidian concerns of most crime novels, into a grandiose conflict between the forces of good and evil, with religion and the paranormal stirred into the heady brew. - Independent

As usual, there is an element of the supernatural, taking the reader into a place where the real, contemporary world is touched by something from our worst nightmares, and he does it in lyrical, almost poetic language which grips and chills. - Sunday Telegraph

THE UNQUIET reveals both pace, full description and a compelling central character. It’s a rich achievement - and strange that a master of the macabre like Connolly should seem such a nice guy. - Daily Express

Connolly handles the unspeakable with consummate ease - Daily Mirror

Parker seeks truth and discovers pain. His sleuthing is fast-packed, which makes THE UNQUIET a thrilling read - FT Magazine

Originality in story and style is what makes Connolly stand out from the thriller pack. THE UNQUIET is plotted and paced not to break your neck, like those of his rivals in the business, but to efficiently crush every bone in your body. - Daily Sport