Dark Hollow: A Novel

John Connolly

Jul 2001 · Charlie Parker Book 2 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

“Connolly has crafted one of the most darkly intriguing books this reviewer has encountered in more than three decades of reading crime fiction.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The second thriller in John Connolly's bestselling, chilling series featuring haunted private investigator Charlie Parker.

Charlier Parker, a former New York City detective with a haunted past, befriends a down-and-out mother with a small child. When she turns up dead, Charlie's first suspect is her estranged husband. Charlie follows the man's trail to Maine and there he becomes entangled in a series of strange occurances which all seem to harken back to a string of unsolved murders that took place generations before. The murders were never solved and now Charlie must hunt for a killer and the connection between two crimes that span a century.

Ratings and reviews

Still good. But not quite as engrossing as _Every Dead Thing_ or as _The Book of Lost Things_. I suppose the plot was more of a surprise than the last one, but all in all, I wouldn't rate this one as high as the last one. Hopefully, the next one brings back the magic lost.

I read this book as an intro to the Parker series & I have been hooked ever since. Love the twists & turns

As always, John Connolly comes through with yet one more book I can't set down

About the author

John Connolly is the author of the #1 internationally bestselling Charlie Parker thrillers series, The Book of Lost Things and its sequel The Land of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson Trilogy for younger readers, and (with Jennifer Ridyard) the Chronicles of the Invaders series. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, see his website at JohnConnollyBooks.com, or follow him on X @JConnollyBooks.