Robert Parker is a married father of three, who lives in a village near Manchester, UK. The author of the Ben Bracken books A Wanted Man and Morte Point, and the standalone post-Brexit country-noir Crook’s Hollow, he enjoys a rural life on an old pig farm (now minus pigs), writing horrible things between school runs.
He writes full time, as well as organising and attending various author events across the UK - while boxing regularly for charity. Passionate about inspiring a love of the written word in young people, he spends a lot of time in schools across the North West, encouraging literacy, story-telling, creative-writing and how good old fashioned hard work tends to help good things happen.
He writes full time, as well as organising and attending various author events across the UK - while boxing regularly for charity. Passionate about inspiring a love of the written word in young people, he spends a lot of time in schools across the North West, encouraging literacy, story-telling, creative-writing and how good old fashioned hard work tends to help good things happen.
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
New and upcoming books
Series
Ben Braken
1. A Wanted Man (2017)
2. Morte Point (2019)
3. The Penny Black (2020)
4. Till Morning is Nigh (2020)
5. The Watchman (2021)
1. A Wanted Man (2017)
2. Morte Point (2019)
3. The Penny Black (2020)
4. Till Morning is Nigh (2020)
5. The Watchman (2021)
Thirty Miles Trilogy
1. Far from the Tree (2021)
2. And Your Enemies Closer (2023)
3. The Only Truly Dead (2023)
1. Far from the Tree (2021)
2. And Your Enemies Closer (2023)
3. The Only Truly Dead (2023)
Cam Killick
1. The Troubled Deep (2025)
2. Forbidden Waters (2026)
3. A Promise to the Drowned (2027)
1. The Troubled Deep (2025)
2. Forbidden Waters (2026)
3. A Promise to the Drowned (2027)
Books containing stories by Rob Parker
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