Some short and sharp horrors from Connolly

For lovers of spine-tingling horror there is plenty to terrify

John Connolly's new collection has plenty for lovers of spine-tingling horrorPicture: Bryan Meade

Fiction; Night Music Nocturnes Volume ; By John Connolly; Hodder & Stoughton, €20

Irish author John Connolly has a magpie’s eye for mercurial themes. He’s a creator of self-aware literary prose, a master of the macabre and the fiendishly humorous.

And yet some serious readers of highbrow literary fiction may harbour a small, nagging doubt about picking up a Connolly book: the writer is lauded by fans of his 13 Charlie Parker novels ...