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Rob Parker

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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 · 2,633 ratings · 463 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Wanted Man (Ben Bracken, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 691 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) 4.04 avg rating — 201 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 — 6 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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Ben Bracken (5 books)
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Thirty Miles Trilogy (3 books)
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Cam Killick Norfolk Mysteries (2 books)
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Bitter Wash Road

by Garry Disher

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The Christmas Tree Killer

by Chris Frost

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To Pay The Ferryman (DI Lomond #1)

by P.R. Black (Goodreads Author)

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“When we don’t care about what our government is doing, we are also saying to the next generation that we are not interested in the possible burdens that we are passing on to them.”
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