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El frío de la muerte
(Charlie Parker #15)
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El detective privado Jaycob Eklund ha desaparecido, y Charlie Parker recibe el encargo de localizar su paradero. Quien le pide eso a Parker es Edgar Ross, agente especial del FBI, que tiene sus motivos —inconfesados— para encontrar a Eklund. Pero Eklund no es un investigador común y corriente. Está obsesionado con seguir el rastro de desapariciones y homicidios poco comune
...moreKindle Edition, 437 pages
Published
June 4th 2019
by Tusquets Editores S.A.
(first published April 6th 2017)
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As the next chapter in John Connolly's Charlie Parker exploits hit the floor running with "A Game of Ghosts". One realizes just how fond we have become of Charlie and his family, yet having to wait an entire year for the next installment has caused a certain amount of salivation to occur.
On a side bar for anyone who might be interested and does not want to wait for the US publication of the book, the series usually is first printed in Ireland or England, If you have an Irish connection, or know ...more
On a side bar for anyone who might be interested and does not want to wait for the US publication of the book, the series usually is first printed in Ireland or England, If you have an Irish connection, or know ...more

Sep 24, 2017
Meredith ( on Semi-Hiatus until February)
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really liked it
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review of another edition
Dark, eerie, and super creepy!
A Game of Ghosts, the 15th book in the Charlie Parker series, is filled with supernatural elements, oddball characters, and of course as the title implies, ghosts.
Tasked by SAC Ross to track down a PI gone missing, Parker; along with Angel and Louis, uncover a sick and twisted inhuman cult-like family known as “The Brethren.” This group is responsible for death and destruction spanning hundreds of years. Currently, the clan is led by brother and sister, Kirk and ...more
A Game of Ghosts, the 15th book in the Charlie Parker series, is filled with supernatural elements, oddball characters, and of course as the title implies, ghosts.
Tasked by SAC Ross to track down a PI gone missing, Parker; along with Angel and Louis, uncover a sick and twisted inhuman cult-like family known as “The Brethren.” This group is responsible for death and destruction spanning hundreds of years. Currently, the clan is led by brother and sister, Kirk and ...more

Every year I look forward to reading a new Charlie Parker story, with Louis and Angel of course. I download it onto my kindle, and then let it sit there for awhile. It's a form of torture I suppose. The anticipation of knowing I can read it, but the sweet agony of holding off just a wee bit longer. When I finally start reading, I devour it...just up to the final 100 pages. Then I nurse it. Now begins another agonizing wait until next year. Dang. The title of this book was dead on. I had a few mo
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Book 15 in the Charlie Parker series and I loved every word of it! Everyone who matters was in it, Charlie, Angel, Louis, Sam, Jennifer, even Rachel although if she sinks any lower in my estimation I will be glad if she is not in the next one! Oh and the Collector of course featured largely.
John Connolly writes well which makes it a very enjoyable reading experience. This episode digs deeper into the supernatural than we have maybe been before but it was very neatly done. And Sam is becoming a r ...more
John Connolly writes well which makes it a very enjoyable reading experience. This episode digs deeper into the supernatural than we have maybe been before but it was very neatly done. And Sam is becoming a r ...more

3.5 stars
A Man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.
- Lord Dunsany
Charlie Parker has been asked by Edgar Ross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to locate a private detective, Jaycob Eklund, who has vanished. Eklund has been investigating a series of homicides and disappearances which have been linked to hauntings. Those who are not familiar with John Connolly's paranormal mysteries may be scratching their heads and saying "huh?". Connolly is a ...more
A Man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.
- Lord Dunsany
Charlie Parker has been asked by Edgar Ross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to locate a private detective, Jaycob Eklund, who has vanished. Eklund has been investigating a series of homicides and disappearances which have been linked to hauntings. Those who are not familiar with John Connolly's paranormal mysteries may be scratching their heads and saying "huh?". Connolly is a ...more

Oh look its that time of year where I’m reading the next novel in the Charlie Parker series from John Connolly, ending up emotionally traumatised (and boy was THAT true this time) then wondering what the heck else I can say that I haven’t already said that can get across the pure brilliance of this series.
It really is a difficult one because you end up going around in circles and coming back on yourself then thinking well surely if I haven’t sold it by now its just never going to happen. But we’ ...more
It really is a difficult one because you end up going around in circles and coming back on yourself then thinking well surely if I haven’t sold it by now its just never going to happen. But we’ ...more

At some point, the screaming will end . . .
Strangeness abides within these pages. A series of hauntings, those who wander the paths of the dead, and others who stagger under the gravity of grief. The Brethren, watching and waiting. The Hollow Men, with their crispy whispers and voracious appetites. And Mother.
Crochety comment time. Someone had a picnic in this book, and it was not any of the characters inside. I borrowed this from the public library, and the pages were full of smears and ...more
Strangeness abides within these pages. A series of hauntings, those who wander the paths of the dead, and others who stagger under the gravity of grief. The Brethren, watching and waiting. The Hollow Men, with their crispy whispers and voracious appetites. And Mother.
Crochety comment time. Someone had a picnic in this book, and it was not any of the characters inside. I borrowed this from the public library, and the pages were full of smears and ...more

"A new fall of snow had settled upon the old, like memories, like the years.
It would freeze, too, according to the weathermen, adding another layer to the ice that blanketed the city, and another day or two to the slow thaw that must inevitably come, although any release from the cold seemed distant on this February evening. Still, at least the latest snowfall, the first in more than a week, hid beneath it the filth of earlier accumulations, and the streets of Portland would look fresh and unsul ...more
It would freeze, too, according to the weathermen, adding another layer to the ice that blanketed the city, and another day or two to the slow thaw that must inevitably come, although any release from the cold seemed distant on this February evening. Still, at least the latest snowfall, the first in more than a week, hid beneath it the filth of earlier accumulations, and the streets of Portland would look fresh and unsul ...more

Mar 29, 2017
Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede
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it was amazing
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I read a lot of books, but if I had to pick just let's say five books to read during one year would the latest Charlie Parker book be among them. It is strange to think back to the first time I read a Charlie Parker book (not from the beginning) and how I liked the book but never thought that one day would come when it would be like Christmas every time a new book would be released.
So, how was A Game of Ghosts? Well, let me put it this way. This is a series that keep on being great, this is the ...more
So, how was A Game of Ghosts? Well, let me put it this way. This is a series that keep on being great, this is the ...more

4.5/5 stars!
This time around Charlie Parker is hired to look into the disappearance of Jaycob Eklund. Jaycob is a P.I. that has mysteriously vanished while investigating the history of a group named The Brethren. Louis and Angel get involved and the Collector and his aging father do as well. What FUN!
FBI Agent Edgar Ross is the man who hires Charlie and I still don't trust him or his motives. He won't even tell Charlie why he's searching for Eklund. I'm not sure where Mr. Connolly is going with ...more
This time around Charlie Parker is hired to look into the disappearance of Jaycob Eklund. Jaycob is a P.I. that has mysteriously vanished while investigating the history of a group named The Brethren. Louis and Angel get involved and the Collector and his aging father do as well. What FUN!
FBI Agent Edgar Ross is the man who hires Charlie and I still don't trust him or his motives. He won't even tell Charlie why he's searching for Eklund. I'm not sure where Mr. Connolly is going with ...more

Despite hitting number 15, this series remains as brutally, bloodily vibrant as its first offering. Not only that, but things change- this is a novel of transformation, most of it far from good. The strands of recent trauma tighten to life threatening levels, while the hints about Sam's nature become ever more worrying. This many books in and we still have questions, about Parker especially. There are buried truths, and buried gods, which are still to come to light. Or which may yet drag us into
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I have read every Charlie Parker book and I have loved every one. In this book Charlie Parker is tasked to find a missing investigator and is not told the real reason why. As he gets closer and closer it becomes clear this man was more than a simple investigator. He has been following disappearances and homicides that may go back decades and he has been working with the husband of a missing woman who was missing for a couple of years and whose body has just been discovered and she has not been d
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*4.5 stars.
Get ready for a spine-tingling ghost story as Charlie Parker once again delves into the supernatural in this fifteenth book in the series.
Who is Charlie Parker? A detective who 'died not once but three times following [a] shooting at his home and was brought back by the physicians. But the man who came back was not the same as the one who had fallen under a volley of shotgun blasts and pistol shots. He had seen what lay beyond, and he remembered.'
Charlie is under contract to SAC Ros ...more
Get ready for a spine-tingling ghost story as Charlie Parker once again delves into the supernatural in this fifteenth book in the series.
Who is Charlie Parker? A detective who 'died not once but three times following [a] shooting at his home and was brought back by the physicians. But the man who came back was not the same as the one who had fallen under a volley of shotgun blasts and pistol shots. He had seen what lay beyond, and he remembered.'
Charlie is under contract to SAC Ros ...more

Feb 11, 2019
☠Kayla☠
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it was amazing
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I absolutely LOVED this book! I found it at a discount store and didnt really look into it so I had no idea that this was the 15th book in the series. It wasnt till after I was almost finished with it that I decided to look up the author and discovered this books placement in the series. But I am very surprised, and in a good way, that I was able to enjoy this book and understand the story so well even though I didn't read the first 14. John Connelly is a brilliant writer who does an amazing job
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John Connolly is an amazing writer and Charlie Parker a great creation. This outing contains so many aspects of the mystery, with supernatural overtones, that I appreciate, that it's difficult to know where to begin. First of course is Parker himself with his unconventional life, family and cohorts who might bristle under the title of friends. There is an unexplained disappearance, hints of otherworldly influences, (one of my favorite aspects in suspense novels), mysterious daughter(s). I do hav
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I'm not a huge fan of series, but I have read some of the other books in this series, including the last 3 books, and they seem to be trending more towards the paranormal and less towards the thriller genre, but maybe my memories of the earlier books are faulty. In any event, you shouldn't start reading this series unless you are prepared to devote a significant amount of time to it. The books have been slowly doling out a complicated and apparently endless mythology of spooky and extremely viol
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I received only an excerpt .. Chapter 1 only ... of this latest Charlie Parker thriller.
Since I have not read all the previous books, I felt a little left out in the cold. And with only one chapter to read, there is a lot left to desire.
Charlie Parker meets his employer, Edgar Ross, an FBI Agent, in a restaurant in the middle of winter. Almost the entire first chapter is descriptive of the weather, and lamenting his numerous aches and pains and old wounds.
The two men have a drink and order thei ...more
Since I have not read all the previous books, I felt a little left out in the cold. And with only one chapter to read, there is a lot left to desire.
Charlie Parker meets his employer, Edgar Ross, an FBI Agent, in a restaurant in the middle of winter. Almost the entire first chapter is descriptive of the weather, and lamenting his numerous aches and pains and old wounds.
The two men have a drink and order thei ...more

At the conclusion of the eleventh book in the series, THE WRATH OF ANGELS, Parker came into contact with a list containing the names of many evil men and women. Following the discovery of this list, Parker connected with FBI Agent Ross, a man with whom Parker has since struck a deal. In exchange for selected pages over time, Parker is given impunity to seek out and hunt those named. Along with this negotiated freedom, Parker also receives a generous retainer in exchange for his services to Ross
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Another exceptional entry in the Charlie Parker series with Charlie investigating the disappearance of a private investigator at the request of the FBI man Ross, with a mysterious group known as The Brethren working its way into the mystery. All of the familiar characters are present in this one and the story contains some surprising developments for important characters. Further proof as to why this is the best series out there and Connolly is the best thriller writer alive, bar none. If you're
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John Connolly is really at the top of his game with “A Game of Ghosts". Hands down, the best supernatural thriller series out there. I am always bummed when I finish the latest in the series and have to wait for the next release. I want it now.
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Howard “Nippy Zippy” Berg is widely considered to be the fastest reader of all time. Like an alien from deep outer space, or a mutant that has obtained the next level of human evolution, Berg is able to read a blazing 25,000 words per minute. Yet when John Connolly releases a new addition to his Charlie Parker detective series, I feel I have the Nippy Zippy beaten by a good several thousand words!
There is just something about Connolly’s Parker thrillers that makes me go full throttle through the ...more
There is just something about Connolly’s Parker thrillers that makes me go full throttle through the ...more

Thought this was very well done and is showing that things seem to be coming to a head with Charlie Parker and crew.
"A Game of Ghosts" follows Charlie after he is asked by Agent Ross to look into the disappearance of another PI named Jaycob Eklund. Ross won't say what Eklund was looking into for him, but he uses this potential case to demand that Charlie turn over the pages that he has from the list that he obtained back in The Wrath of Angels. Charlie, Angel, and Louis investigate and realize ...more
"A Game of Ghosts" follows Charlie after he is asked by Agent Ross to look into the disappearance of another PI named Jaycob Eklund. Ross won't say what Eklund was looking into for him, but he uses this potential case to demand that Charlie turn over the pages that he has from the list that he obtained back in The Wrath of Angels. Charlie, Angel, and Louis investigate and realize ...more

After taking a backseat for much of the prior book's narrative, PI Charlie Parker returns as the central focus to A Game of Ghosts. Escaping into the works of John Connolly is always a welcome retreat for me, although this fifteenth entry into this author's eponymous detective series fell a bit flat for me.
Still recovering, and likely permanently diminished, from the attempt on his life a few books back, Parker is back in action and tasked with locating a missing private eye, Jaykob Ecklund. Thi ...more
Still recovering, and likely permanently diminished, from the attempt on his life a few books back, Parker is back in action and tasked with locating a missing private eye, Jaykob Ecklund. Thi ...more

I received an advance copy of this novel from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
One of my favorite mystery series with a supernatural element that started out low key in earlier installments and has come more and more to the forefront. Clearly, we are building toward a big confrontation with a barely described demonic entity and stage is being set for the showdown.
In A Game of Ghosts Charlie Parker, Louis, and Angel have been hired to locate a missing private inves ...more
One of my favorite mystery series with a supernatural element that started out low key in earlier installments and has come more and more to the forefront. Clearly, we are building toward a big confrontation with a barely described demonic entity and stage is being set for the showdown.
In A Game of Ghosts Charlie Parker, Louis, and Angel have been hired to locate a missing private inves ...more

These are my thoughts after reading the six-page first chapter.
Private detective Charlie Parker ruminates about his past as he walks the snowy streets of Portland, Maine. His body has been through the wringer. He's scheduled to meet with FBI agent Edgar Ross at a bar, but he doesn't know why he's been summoned. He doesn't seem to fully trust the man, because he has backup guys listening in.
This is my first experience with John Connolly and the Charlie Parker series. The first chapter was too sho ...more
Private detective Charlie Parker ruminates about his past as he walks the snowy streets of Portland, Maine. His body has been through the wringer. He's scheduled to meet with FBI agent Edgar Ross at a bar, but he doesn't know why he's been summoned. He doesn't seem to fully trust the man, because he has backup guys listening in.
This is my first experience with John Connolly and the Charlie Parker series. The first chapter was too sho ...more

Classic Connolly as always! You'd be treated to all your favorite characters, and more. Don't want to give away spoilers , but news awaits hardcore fans of the series in terms of one of the regular Characters........ - there, thats all I'll say!
Enjoy the ride! Eagerly awaiting the next installment. ...more
Enjoy the ride! Eagerly awaiting the next installment. ...more

A Game of Ghosts felt like a turn on the path towards the books in this series that I've really loved. Less disconnected from it's protagonist, more gorgeous writing on the settings, particularly towards the start, and more of the soul that made this series so able to counteract the very dark acts it introduces.
It's not all good news - there's possibly one too many story threads here, though John Connolly holds them together better than any number of other writers could have. It's not quite mudd ...more
It's not all good news - there's possibly one too many story threads here, though John Connolly holds them together better than any number of other writers could have. It's not quite mudd ...more

John Connolly is a decathlon writer. There are at least 10 different skills he excels at and which are demonstrated here. A thriller, a mystery, a viscous cabal from several dimensions, a criminal mob, a trio of investigators and their employer, FBI tangents, educational prof., psychics which exist all over the place and one who is spacing out at his furniture sales work as he views these things, neighborhood community block group and nosy neighbor set- and that's just the main characters. There
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This is the 15th outing for Connolly's PI turned supernatural avenger, and once again Charlie Parker confronts the latest cult of ancient evil to come crawling out of the undergrowth. Like all the best series, the Parker saga is being told in slow time and the overall arc creeps forward infinitesimally with each episode. Connolly delivers a self-contained good vs evil narrative in each book… while dropping huge great hints at what’s really going on with Parker’s mission, his cohorts, and his inc
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Another year and another excellent installment in a new Charlie Parker installment and I must admit John Connolly did deliver once again in an excellent novel that read as easily as usual and the story was as exciting as always and yet light on its feet like a boxer floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
Charlie Parker is on some sort of pay-list for somebody in the FBI who really wants the list that Parker has but satisfies himself with having Parker doing a search for a missing PI w ...more
Charlie Parker is on some sort of pay-list for somebody in the FBI who really wants the list that Parker has but satisfies himself with having Parker doing a search for a missing PI w ...more
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John Connolly was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and has, at various points in his life, worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter and a dogsbody at Harrods department store in London. He studied English in Trinity College, Dublin and journalism at Dublin City University, subsequently spending five years working as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times newspaper
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