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In this scary, cerebral thriller from bestseller Connolly, his fifth to feature world-weary Maine PI Charlie Parker (after 2005's The Black Angel), Parker is haunted by the ghosts of his wife and daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances that left him guilt-ridden. Parker is drawn again into the darkest recesses of human nature when a new client, Rebecca Clay, retains him to protect her against a menacing stalker, Frank Merrick, who believes Rebecca knows the whereabouts of her father, Daniel, a child psychiatrist who vanished years before. Merrick suspects Daniel knows the truth about the fate of his own young daughter, whom Daniel treated and who disappeared without a trace while Merrick was incarcerated. Connolly is a master of suggestion, creating mood and suspense with ease, and unflinchingly presents a hard-eyed look at the horrors that can lurk in quiet, rustic settings.
In this scary, cerebral thriller from bestseller Connolly, his fifth to feature world-weary Maine PI Charlie Parker (after 2005's The Black Angel), Parker is haunted by the ghosts of his wife and daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances that left him guilt-ridden. Parker is drawn again into the darkest recesses of human nature when a new client, Rebecca Clay, retains him to protect her against a menacing stalker, Frank Merrick, who believes Rebecca knows the whereabouts of her father, Daniel, a child psychiatrist who vanished years before. Merrick suspects Daniel knows the truth about the fate of his own young daughter, whom Daniel treated and who disappeared without a trace while Merrick was incarcerated. Connolly is a master of suggestion, creating mood and suspense with ease, and unflinchingly presents a hard-eyed look at the horrors that can lurk in quiet, rustic settings.
Helpful Score: 1
The group is back; Charlie Parker and Angel and Louis. They are tracking child molesters of the worst kind. These people are organized and dangerous. Charlie is fighting ghosts of his past and runs into his old nemisis The Collector which is very scary.
Great story. Loved all of the guys back together again.
Great story. Loved all of the guys back together again.
When Charlie Parker, private detective, is hired to find a missing child psychiatrist, he delves into a sordid world, where members of faction do unspeakable things to little innocents. While this book has a stomach-turning plot, it's a good reminder to us all that we must be ever vigilant where our children are concerned.
a bit slow for the first couple chapters,but got much better.
Dark subject matter (sexual child abuse) with a poor background story (a better word would probably be non-story)background. No mystery, no twists, no turns. I'd like my time back that I invested in reading this book. Connolly seems to be attempting the tired and predictable, symbolic jabs at political conservatives and organized religion. He just succeeds in jabbing himself IMO.
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I really enjoyed this book. I was surprised by the ending. I'd give it 5 stars.
Private detective Charlie Parker is faced with untangling a twisted story brimming with betrayal, secrets, and murder when a psychiatrist goes missing after revelations come to light about harm done to children in his care.
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I love his books. He is one of the very best writers - and certainly the best mystery-writer that I have ever read! His words - even at their most grotesque and haunting - remain lyrically beautiful. His characters are so fleshed out that it is amazing that they are not actually alive. And his plots are finely woven webs that link everything together in the end. This installment, revolving around a mysterious ring of child abusers, was very well done. And with the rather surprising turn of events at the end, I am very curious to see where the next book will go.
This is the first Connolly novel that I have read and I really enjoyed this very dark thriller. I had heard good things about the Charlie Parker series and finally read this one that I had received from a book trading site. Charlie Parker is a PI who gets drawn into a mystery involving a child psychiatrist named Daniel Clay, who has been missing for several years, when an ex-con named Merrick begins stalking the psychiatrist's daughter looking for answers. Clay was involved with a number of children who had been sexually abused and some think he may have been somehow involved in the abuse. Well Parker gets hired to stop Merrick from harassing the daughter and then gets drawn into the mystery of the missing Dr. Clay. This leads to some very unsavory history including a town that was founded in the wilderness of Maine that was a site of child abuse and the killing of some young infants. Then there are a group of men that abused children wearing bird masks to keep their identity secret. Merrick's daughter was one of the abused and he is seeking vengeance.
This novel really had me turning the pages. It was full of interesting characters including Parker's cohorts, Angel and Louis, a pair of toughs who are gay and help watch out after Parker. Then there is Merrick, a tough ex-con and hitman who Parker eventually feels needs justice. There is also a somewhat supernatural element to the story with Parker being haunted by the spirits of his first wife and daughter who were killed some years ago. Then there is the ominous Collector who seems to collect the souls of those who deserve a special hell. And who are the "hollow men" that seem to appear to Parker and others? Of course, this novel was told around a very disturbing story about child abuse but overall I would highly recommend it and will be reading more in this series.
This novel really had me turning the pages. It was full of interesting characters including Parker's cohorts, Angel and Louis, a pair of toughs who are gay and help watch out after Parker. Then there is Merrick, a tough ex-con and hitman who Parker eventually feels needs justice. There is also a somewhat supernatural element to the story with Parker being haunted by the spirits of his first wife and daughter who were killed some years ago. Then there is the ominous Collector who seems to collect the souls of those who deserve a special hell. And who are the "hollow men" that seem to appear to Parker and others? Of course, this novel was told around a very disturbing story about child abuse but overall I would highly recommend it and will be reading more in this series.
A bit on the scary side but very good suspense. Plan on reading more of this series.
As usual, the Charlie Parker novels are dark, mysterious and wonderful.
good resd
