The Wrath of Angels

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.

In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. 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.

Connolly's writing is poetic, mystical - and almost impossible to put down -- Woman & Home Haunting, scary and addictive ... the finest crime series currently in existence. As always, the plot marries an ingenious, if recognisable, detective story with something wicked and otherwordly. -- Indepent on Sunday Few thriller writers can create a sense of menace and evil as deftly as Connolly does. Compelling. -- Irish Independent Connolly has always managed to deftly juggle the essential elements of genre fiction with his own supernatural flavour and WRATH is no exception ... Connolly has crafted [Parker] so expertly. -- Hot Press Ireland With Connolly, good and evil are always too close for comfort -- Daily Mirror Connolly returns to page-turning form with his depiction of a moral world at the mercy of epic conspiracy and remorseless, primordial evil -- The Irish Times [What] is so impressive [is] the fact that he's able to work poetic language into the thriller format ... You may think at times you are reading a literary novel but then Connolly will remind you he's just as adept at the violent strategies of the thriller. Either way you will be left shaken by the experience. -- Daily Express This thriller might just have you grasping for your childhood teddy. -- Loaded His latest plot is a clever mixture of quest and chase ... rarely fails to sing -- Observer Skilful at humour and building suspense, Connolly's writing is also poignant and at times downright beautiful -- Sunday Business Post Ingenious, seriously scary and plausible ... Excellent -- Sun