The Lovers - John Connolly

If i'm totally honest I had no intention of reading this book and actually read it by accident! John Connolly seems to write two different types of books, there are books like The Lovers that revolve around it's central character Charlie Parker, a private investigator and are crime thrillers and then there are his books that are based in fantasy such as The Book Of Lost Things, The Gates and Nocturnes. I was familiar with John Connolly from reading his fantasy novels and I love them. However, I've never been a big fan of crime fiction and so was put off his Charlie Parker novels. However, I went to a book signing for The Lovers to meet the man and thought I'd give ...  Read the complete review

The Lovers, by Dublin-born crime writer John Connolly, is the eigth novel to feature former Police Detective and now former Private Eye, Charlie "Bird" Parker along with his occasional associates, the deadly and enigmatic Angel and Louis, who took centre-stage in The Reapers but whom, in turn, here take more of a back seat to all that occurs. Just as Reapers delved deep into the murky past of the former hit-man, Louis and to a lesser extent that of the reformed burglar, Angel, so The Lovers takes us straight into Charlie Parker's own back-story. Long before fans ever knew of him, Parker's father (also a cop) gunned down two unarmed civilians in a parking lot. ...  Read the complete review