Tony Parsons

There's a serial killer on the loose. The social network sites all love him. Because he cuts the throats of rich and powerful men. And he's good at it. Twenty years ago seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Enter Detective Max Wolfe. Single parent, devoted husband of a brutally departed wife, dog lover, boxer. Defender of the weak. And every murderer's worst nightmare. Newly arrived in the Homicide division of London's West End Central, 27 Savile Row, Max follows the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the Internet and all the way to the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds the killer's reach getting closer to everything - and everyone - he loves. Soon he is fighting not only for justice, but also for his own life...

The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this.Twenty years ago seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potters Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe follows the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life...

2 DEAD GIRLSAs dawn breaks on a snowy February morning, a refrigerated lorry is found parked in the heart of London's Chinatown. Inside, twelve women, apparently illegal immigrants, are dead from hypothermia.13 PASSPORTSBut in the cab of the abandoned death truck, DC Max Wolfe of West End Central finds thirteen passports.WHERE IS SHE?The hunt for the missing woman will take Max Wolfe into the dark heart of the world of human smuggling, mass migration and 21st-century slave markets, as he is forced to ask the question that haunts our time. What would you do for a home?

JUDGE JURY WITNESS HANGMAN. A band of vigilante executioners roam London's hot summer nights, abducting evil men and hanging them by the neck until dead. As the bodies pile up and riots explode across the sweltering city, DC Max Wolfe hunts a gang of killers who many believe to be heroes. And discovers that the lust for revenge starts very close to home...Praise for The Hanging Club "This is Parson's best crime novel so far and underlines his exceptional talent." (Daily Mail). "I've long been a fan of Tony Parson's writing...This is brilliant stuff." (Peter James). "Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic." (Lee Child). "Has all the ingredients and more: great plotting, great characters and at least two eye-widening twists I didn't see coming." (Sophie Hannah). "If you haven't already become a fan, the third outing for Max Wolfe is the perfect introduction to the London underworld that Tony Parsons has so vividly created...Wolfe's cases couldn't feel more of-the-minute." (GQ). "A gripping page-turning book that will demand your full attention." (Irish Examiner). "Fast paced and gripping." (Best Special Series). "Parsons had me gripped from the first chapter to the last sentence." (Irish independent). "A cleverly plotted page-turner, with touches of Cracker and Nordic Noir, all soaked in the atmosphere of London's murky back-streets." (CSMA Club Life magazine). Praise for Tony Parsons: "It's all as addictive as your favourite boxset...it contains more twists than a contortionist caught in a tornado." (The Shortlist). "Told with clarity and insight ...Confirms Parsons has earned a place at the very pinnacle of British crime writing." (Daily Mail). "Tense...with a dose of dry wit" (The Daily Express) "A taut always engaging thriller." (The Sun). "I put my life on hold while I was reading because I couldn't tear myself away from the gripping story...It's complicated, brutal but Tony Parsons has managed to weave the brutality into a truly brilliant story." (Bestselling Crime Thrillers). "It's a brilliant crime novel, a thrilling procedural.

ALMOST HOME. BUT NOWHERE TO HIDE. From the number one bestselling crime-writer comes a brilliant, page-turning new DC Max Wolfe thriller.'Remarkably moving'The TimesWhen terrorists use a drone to bring down a plane on one of London's busiest shopping centres, it ignites a chain of events that will draw in the innocent and guilty alike.DC Max Wolfe finds himself caught in the crossfire in a city that seems increasingly dangerous and hostile.But does the danger come from the murderous criminals that Max is tracking down? Or the people he's trying to protect?

Tony Parsons is a writer in England. In the 1970's, Parsons was a music journalist for NME, the British equivalent of Rolling Stone. His interviews with some of the biggest bands on punk music made him a cult figure among the youth of England.The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOY, followed with MAN AND WIFE and end ten years on with MEN FROM THE BOYS. Ten years on from MAN AND BOY, it is crunch time for Harry! Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and a great job as producer of the cult radio show, A Clip Round the Ear. But Harry is about to turn forty and his ex-wife is back in town. Soon it could be time to kiss the good life goodbye! When Harry's 15-year-old son Pat moves out to live with his mother, the hard times have only just begun. With his son gone, his job at risk and his wife unsettled by the reappearance of her own ex, their dream seems to be falling apart. Into the chaos of Harry Silver's life stroll two old soldiers who fought alongside Harry's late father in The Battle of Monte Cassino in the spring of 1944. Will these two grumpy old men help Harry reclaim his son, his family and his life? And can they show Harry Silver what it really means to be a man? Funny, moving and unforgettable, MEN FROM THE BOYS is a story of how we live now.

The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOY Harry Silver is settled and happy. But can it last? He has the big house, the great job (producer of a cult radio show) the loving family, and a wife he still fancies. Harry has found the good life at last. Then everything starts to fall. An old soldier friend of his father's comes knocking, stirring up uncomfortable memories of his war hero father. Harry's ex-wife also shows up unannounced and his 14-year-old son decides to move in with her. His job is now on the line too, and his wife is unsettled by the re-emergence of her own ex. How will Harry reclaim the life he loved? Can he prove to himself, once and for all, that he really knows what it means to be a man? A tale of how we live now, Men from the Boys ends the trilogy that captivated a generation.

The bestselling author of MAN AND BOY turns his acute eye and pen to the biggest personal issues that face us - as well as the annoying grit in the eye of everyday life. Humour and honesty are combined in these wonderfully observed pieces on romance, sex, marriage, fake breasts, performance anxiety, car envy, airport security and more. Why are fake breasts always a bad idea? Why did football become rubbish? When did your partner?s orgasm become more important than your own? When should a man settle down? What is the capital of Peru? Parsons answers all these questions - apart from the one about Peru - in his own inimitable style.? This is a book that will be read and loved by anyone who bought MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS - but only read the first 50 pages.

A band of vigilante executioners roam London's hot summer nights, abducting evil men and hanging them by the neck until dead. SENTENCED TO DEATH: the gang member who's abused vulnerable girls; the wealthy drunk driver who's mowed down a child; and the hate preacher calling for the murder of British soldiers. As the bodies pile up and riots explode across the sweltering city, DC Max Wolfe hunts a gang of killers who many believe to be heroes. And discovers that the lust for revenge starts very close to home...

"This is brilliant stuff!" (Peter James). A murdered family. A dying serial killer. A missing child. DC Max Wolfe hunts a pitiless killer through the streets of London. By the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of The Murder Bag. On New Year's Day, a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in north London, their youngest child stolen away. The murder weapon - a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered - leads Detective Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a killer who thirty years ago was known as the Slaughter Man. But the Slaughter Man has done his time, and is now old and dying. Can he really be back in the game? And was the murder of a happy family a mindless killing spree, a grotesque homage by a copycat killer - or a contract hit designed to frame a dying man? All Max knows is that he needs to find the missing child and stop the killer before he destroys another innocent family - or finds his way to his own front door...Even the happiest of families have black, twisted secrets that someone is ready to kill for...

Harry Silver creu que té tot el que necessita per ser feliç: una bona feina a la televisió, una dona molt bonica i un filí, que és un sol. Però quan arriba a la trentena, la seva vida fa un gir de cent vuitanta graus. Una nit es troba ficat al llit amb una companya de feina. Aquesta aventura no té cap importància, per ell, però la Gina, la seva dona, no pensa el mateix i labandona deixant-lo sol amb el Pat, el seu fill de cinc anys.El Harry ha de construir alguna cosa que sassembli a una família, i ho fa. Però quan la Gina decideix tornar dun viatge al Japó per «trobar-se a ella mateixa», vol recuperar el seu fill que un dia va decidir abandonar. Un pare i un fill és una novel·la sobre el trasbals que suposa una separació amb un fill pel mig i la manera com els homes ho afronten. És la història dun home que ha de refer la seva vida, no destruir-la -la natura ho farà per nosaltres. I és, també, la història duna relació, la dun pare i un fill.

A punto de cumplir los treinta, Harry lo tiene todo: una mujer atractiva, un adorable hijo de cuatro años y un trabajo bien pagado en el mundo de la televisión. Pero un día, de la noche a la mañana, su idílico mundo se desmorona. Su mujer se larga nada menos que a Japón y Harry, de repente, tiene que asumir la cruda realidad: ahora es un padre soltero. O sea, ha pasado de la maravillosa teoría a la fatigosa práctica cotidiana. Por dar sólo un par de ejemplos, ¿cómo conseguir que el niño se deje lavar el pelo sin inundar la casa? ¿Son los espaguetis un desayuno adecuado para un crío? En su arduo y meritorio intento de convertirse en una persona responsable, las respuestas a estas y otras angustiantes dudas tendrá que resolverlas Harry sobre la marcha, para lo cual contará, eso sí, con la inestimable ayuda de la guapa camarera del bar donde desayuna cada mañana. Contada con un humor incisivo, salpicado de escenas de irresistible ternura, esta novela es un auténtico manual para aprender el elusivo arte de criar un hijo, o lo que es lo mismo, un manual sobre la vida misma. ¡Socorro, soy padre! fue el libro más vendido del año 2001 en el Reino Unido.

Modern-day relationships are tested in this very realistic, contemporary story about procreation and new life.