I can't quite believe that this is the 10th Charlie Parker book. I first picked up the series of supernatural thriller books when there were only four of them, each one bringing forwarded a supernatural villain to combat our hero, private detective Charlie Parker. I guess every thriller writer with a recurring hero has an element of cheekiness to their chosen literary focal point, but there's something about Parker that sets him aside from others. I think it's probably more to do with the variety that the supernatural element gives the books and the characters, coupled with Parker's ability to call upon some deadly friends to help him solve crimes and defeat ...  Read the complete review

The latest Charlie Parker mystery, from the pen of Dublin-born author, John Connolly, sees another depature from the more supernatural elements of this series and a return to a slightly more conventional thriller format, with only a few aspects of the unknown thrown into the mix to keep things interesting. Parker is called in by his lawyer, Aimee Price, to consult with a client who has an unsettling problem. Years ago, when he was still a child himself, Haight and his best friend killed a fellow child. They were proscecuted, tried as adults but given new identities and released back into society once it was thought that they had served their sentence. Now ...  Read the complete review