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Beautifully written short stories . . . written with a gentle humour and almost a reverence for books and their characters . . . These are the stories where the strange becomes acceptable and though the hairs on the back of one's neck may be prickling; the brain is prepared to countenance what it perceives * Live & Deadly * The eclectic mix of stories . . . blends traditional spooky horror and supernatural sci-fi Irish Examiner * Irish Examiner * Nine stories which are . . . masterclasses of the form . . . John Connolly is Ireland's Richard Matheson and the foremost purveyor of the genre mash-up, but as Horror Express demonstrates, he has a flair for biographies, too * Starburst Magazine * Captivating * Afterword * John Connolly doesn't often write short stories - just two collections in a 30-plus year writing career - but when he does, he proves he is a master of the genre * Irish Independent * One of the tests of a good short story . . . is if it leaves the reader wishing the writer had gone the whole hog and made a novel of it. Such feeling is engendered several times in this third volume of shorter (mostly) fiction from Dubliner John Connolly, the man behind the marvellous Charlie Parker supernatural detective series . . . A gifted author who seems able to turn his hand in any direction, and this entertaining collection will more than do to be going on with while we await the next Parker adventure * The Irish Times *

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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. 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. 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.

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