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240 – John Connolly & Detective Gothic: The Charlie Parker Deep Dive

240 – John Connolly & Detective Gothic: The Charlie Parker Deep Dive

Update: 2025-05-27
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John Connolly is, in my opinion, the greatest living writer working in the overlap of crime and horror. His long-running series of novels—focused on the Strange cases of his haunted detective, Charlie Parker—is now over twenty books strong.


The latest, The Children of Eve is a pivotal instalment, so this seemed a good time to get John on the show, to grill him about this saga’s many mysteries, and hideous horrors.


 


We talk about creating iconic villains, writing violence against the vulnerable, the monstrous feminine and the strange truth of Parker’s nature.


 


There’s also some very exciting info on a possible TV adaptation!


 


Enjoy!


 


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240 – John Connolly & Detective Gothic: The Charlie Parker Deep Dive

240 – John Connolly & Detective Gothic: The Charlie Parker Deep Dive

Neil McRobert