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Rob Parker is a married father of three, who lives in Warrington, UK. The author of the Ben Bracken thrillers, Crook’s Hollow and the Audible bestseller Far From The Tree, he enjoys a rural life, writing horrible things between school runs. Rob writes full time, attends various author events across the UK, and boxes regularly for charity.

He spends a lot of time in schools across the North, encouraging literacy, story-telling and creative-writing, and somehow squeezes in time to co-host the For Your Reconsideration film podcast, appear regularly on The Blood Brothers Crime Podcast, and is a member of the Northern Crime Syndicate.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 2,621 ratings · 457 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Wanted Man (Ben Bracken, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Far from the Tree by Rob Parker (Goodreads Author), Warren Brown (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 569 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morte Point (Ben Bracken, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Troubled Deep (Cam Killick Norfolk Mysteries) 4.05 avg rating — 195 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Penny Black (Ben Bracken, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Till Morning is Nigh (Ben Bracken, #4) 4.39 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Your Enemies Closer (The Thirty Miles Trilogy, #2) by Rob Parker (Goodreads Author), Warren Brown (Narrator) 4.28 avg rating — 98 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackstoke 4.19 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Watchman (Ben Bracken, #5) 4.33 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Given in Evidence by Rob Parker (Goodreads Author), J.M. Hewitt (Goodreads Author), A.A. Chaudhuri (Goodreads Author) 2.90 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Little Sister Death

by William Gay

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The Christmas Tree Killer: From the bestselling author: a gripping new festive detective crime thriller novel with a chilling twist, for winter 2025 (DI Tom Stonem Book 2)

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To Pay The Ferryman (DI Lomond #1)

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