by John Connolly
Wow. Not too much to say. Connolly breathes life into a detective story with the strong supernatural elements. I loved Charlie Parker and his quest for not only redemption, but to help the dead find peace. “Dark Hollow” follows Charlie after the events of the first book. He found out who murdered ...
Even better than The Killing Kind. Tighter and more focused in that the story spans the whole volume rather than being two stories and spends most of the time in basically one location with one set of characters. Louis and Angel really come into their own in this one in full comedic foils to Charl...
When you cry,I will wipe away your tears.When you hurt,I will take the pain away.When you fall,I will lift you up again.When you need,I will give my everything.When you lay,I will be right by your side.When you...I will...by Nikki (I couldn't feel the book to write a poem specifically for it)I don't...
Charlie "Bird" Parker has come home to Maine. Away from as many of the memories as he can of his wife and child and their death but they're always with him and when a young wife and child are killed shortly after he helps them to get some money owed, he's drawn into their case. He is driven by thi...
The second instalment in the Charlie Parker series only intensified my feeling that this was going to be one of the best book series ever written. After my reread in order to review it for Mr Connolly’s page here, it was still as involving as ever. I’m forever discovering new things in these books –...
“I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but ...
“I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but ...
Connolly should be ranked at the top of his field. His work with his American crime-fiction franchise and his iconic anti-hero at the center is even more impressive due to the fact that Connolly himself, is an Irishman. His ability to create a chilling atmosphere is only second to his top notch char...