Bestselling Irish author John Connolly will be at Kennys Bookshop on May 1st, when he will be joined by Sarah Kenny in conversation about his new novel, The Children of Eve

John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, and The Land of Lost Things, among others. Many of his novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers, and he has sold more than 8 million copies in English language alone. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus Award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar Award. John writes regularly for newspapers and magazines and hosts a radio show on RTÉ. He divides his time between Dublin and Portland, Maine.

The Children of Eve is the latest instalment in the Charlie Parker mystery series and will be published on April 28th. Signed copies will be available in Kennys on the night. 

This event is ticketed but spaces are limited. Tickets are free.

About The Children of Eve:

The ghosts of Charlie Parker's past watch over him as danger moves ever closer, in this spellbinding new thriller from number one bestseller John Connolly…

An ex-soldier goes missing, leaving behind a cell phone containing a single-word message: RUN.

Private investigator Charlie Parker is hired to find out why the man has fled, and from whom.

Parker discovers that a link to the abduction of four children from Mexico: three girls and a boy, thought to be the offspring of cartel boss Blas Urrea. Except Urrea's family is found to be safe and well… so who are these abducted children, and why does Urrea wants them back so badly that he has dispatched his agents to secure them, destroying anyone who stands in their way.

One of those agents is Eugene Seeley, a clever, ruthless solver of other men's problems. The other is an unknown woman.
Every child has a mother. Now Charlie Parker will face one unlike any other, and learn the terrifying truth about the Children of Eve.

Signed copies of the book will be available to buy on the night, and are also available to pre-order here. We look forward to seeing you there!

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