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A River Red with Blood

Charlie Parker, Book 23

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A River Red with Blood

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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'[An] absolute corker from Ireland's best mystery writer ... utterly gripping' Express

The players call it The Game. There are just two rules:
No killing close to home.
No Killing outside the game

But what happens when those rules get broken?

When the drowned body of a troubled teenager is recovered from a river in Maine's Kennebec Valley, and a young woman disappears from a small rural town, they draw the attention of the private investigator named Charlie Parker.

Now Parker will be forced to confront a band of men without morality and without loyalty, not even to one another, in a place where the very darkness is alive.

Because something has emerged from the shadows, something very bad.

And it wants revenge.©2026 Bad Dog Books Limited (P)2026 Simon & Schuster Audio Action & Adventure Horror Modern Detectives Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Game
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Perhaps the best thing about the Charlie Parker series are the well developed ancillary characters. This book does not disappoint, good use of both Angel and Louie and the Fulchi brothers take a small but key star turn. Was not as crazy scary occult wise as earlier books but just as frightening with creepy humans causing trauma and devastation. Definitely recommended.

Hot Fulchi Action

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I have read all of Charlie Parker books and this is a definite return to form, it builds and then unravels answering new questions and some old.
Once I started I had to see it through to the end such was the hold it had on me!

Back to form!

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Listened to this whilst reading the book, another fantastic story in the CP series. Again the best narration by Jeff Harding made the story come alive even more for me. If I’m reading I always hear Jeff Hardings voice now. Will be listening again.

Another fantastic Charlie Parker story

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As usual a brilliant book and as usual impeccably narrated. Already looking forward to the next novel.

Incredible characters and perfectly narrated

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I have been a follower of Charlie Parker since the start. I love Louie and Angel and all the regular characters. The stories dark and getting darker but keep you rapt

Amazing series

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