To my mind, Connolly is Ireland's Stephen King' Matt Nixson, The Express THE BRAND NEW CHARLIE PARKER NOVEL, SET IN THE DARK WOODS OF MAINE AND THE DESERTS OF MEXICO: A MASTERPIECE OF TENSION AND DRAMA. In Mexico, a rare books dealer returns to his shop to find it overrun with spiders, all circling a deadly presence lying in wait, seeking both answers and the still-warm heart from within his body. Charlie Parker is asked by a friend to track down her lover who mysteriously disappeared without warning, his mobile phone showing only one word: RUN. As Parker follows the trail left by this man, he is drawn