The Instruments of Darkness

PRAISE FOR JOHN CONNOLLYMasterly genre-splicing thrillers … Connolly’s grip is inexorable * Financial Times *Charlie Parker … is one of modern fiction’s most popular creations, a unique combination of a man who has one foot in the temporal world and the other in the spirit world * Irish Independent *John Connolly is the creator of a unique blend of thriller and horror who receives rave reviews every time * Sunday Telegraph *One of the best thriller writers we have * Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author *There’s no mistaking a John Connolly novel, with its singular characters, eerie subject matter and socko style * The New York Times *

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, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. His 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. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC: Nocturnes Vol 2. He was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature in 2007. 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.