Every Dead Thing
- Published
- 1 January 1999
- Pages
- 467
- ISBN-13
- 9780684857145
- Type
- novel
About this book
John Connolly launched the Charlie Parker series with Every Dead Thing in 1999, a 467-page opener introducing the former NYPD detective turned private investigator whose murdered wife and daughter haunt him -- sometimes literally -- as his cases brush up against something genuinely ancient and supernatural. It led into Dark Hollow the following year.
Key facts about Every Dead Thing
John Connolly wrote Every Dead Thing, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1999. The book has 467 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780684857145 to find the main one.
Every Dead Thing is book 1 of 25 in the Charlie Parker series. The series has 25 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. A River Red with Blood is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 May 2026.
Additionally, John Connolly writes The Book of Lost Things, Samuel Johnson and Chronicles of the Invaders as separate series. Those series sit on our supernatural crime, fantasy and young adult shelves. Meanwhile, A River Red with Blood is the latest published John Connolly book on file, from 7 May 2026.
About John Connolly
John Connolly is an Irish novelist best known for the Charlie Parker series, which follows a former NYPD detective turned private investigator in Maine and blends hardboiled crime plotting with supernatural horror -- ghosts, ancient evils, and a recurring sense that Parker's cases are connected to something larger and darker than ordinary crime. See every John Connolly book in order.
Its place in Charlie Parker
Every Dead Thing is book 1 in the Charlie Parker series. It is followed by Dark Hollow. See the full Charlie Parker reading order.
Charlie Parker is a former NYPD detective turned private investigator whose wife and young daughter were murdered before the series begins -- a trauma that never fully recedes and that opens the door to the series' defining move: John Connolly writes hard-edged American crime fiction that is also, unapologetically, ghost story and horror. Parker is haunted, sometimes literally, by the dead he failed to save, and his cases increasingly brush up against something genuinely supernatural and ancient lurking behind…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780684857145