num_pages: 404
description: John Connolly, bestselling author of five brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to give us a dozen chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection, echoing masters of the genre from M R James to Stephen King, Connolly delves into our darkest fears - lost lovers, missing children, subterranean creatures and predatory demons. Framing the collection are two substantial novellas - The Cancer Cowboy Rides charts the fatal progress of a modern-day grim reaper, while The Reflecting Eye is a haunted house tale with a twist and marks the return of private detective Charlie Parker, the troubled hero of Connolly's crime novels. The perfect antidote to Christmas cheer, Nocturnes is a masterly volume to be read with the lights on - menace has never been so seductive...
language: English
title: Nocturnes
titlecomplete: Nocturnes
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, Thriller, Anthologies, Horror, Paranormal, Fantasy, Supernatural, Crime
ratings_count: 5675
series: Nocturnes, Charlie Parker
publisher: Hodder and Stoughton