Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 7/22/2021 + 1176 more book reviews

This was another intense thriller in the Charlie Parker series from Connolly. I have read a few others in the series and have enjoyed them all. In this one Parker is hired to look into the death of a young woman who he had at one time dated named Grace Peltier. She had been found shot to death in her car and her death was ruled a probable suicide. But the man who hired Parker feels she may have been murdered. Parker reluctantly agrees to investigate and gets drawn into a strange web of confusion and conflict with a group of religious zealots who are against abortion, liberalism, Jews, and anyone that may be opposed to their views. The enforcer for this group is named Mr. Pudd who is one of the vilest villains I have encountered in literature. He uses spiders and insects to kill his victims as well as cutting sections of their skin off. This group is tied to a religious fanatic who founded a sect called the Aroostook Baptists who vanished in the 1960s. Grace Peltier had been researching this group trying to find out their fate and her death seems to be tied to her research.

This novel contained the usual cast of characters including Parker's girlfriend, Rachel, and his two dangerous friends Louis and Angel. All of them are thrown into the path of great peril in the story. And as usual, there are instances of the supernatural where Parker is able to see and converse with the dead including some of the disappeared from the Aroostook Baptists. I would highly recommend this one but take care if you are an arachnophobe! I'll be looking forward to continuing with this great series.

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