This book is just as great and dark as the rest of them!

The only thing you need to know about the entire Charlie Parker series is that you need to read it.

This is a dark read due to the nature of the old crimes which are haunting several of the characters. And as Charlie always does, he becomes personally invested in uncovering what has happened in the past and stop it from happening again. Connolly took his time with this book— sometimes spending more time describing Maine’s towns, landscapes and deeply wooded world than the villains and victims found there. The story quickly becomes complicated as it unfolds and Parker is drawn in. Characters mo...

Magnificent as always. A bit less supernatural than its predecsesor Black Angel. One thing worth mentioning is (and I wish I knew this beforehand) it would make sense to read Charlie Parker novella included in Nocturnes first before reading this book. Highly recommended.

I’m in constant awe of how exceptional Charlie Parker series is. Also I feel like this series gets better with each book. Connolly’s writing is one of the most beautiful I’ve ever read - it’s poetic and poignant, but also grim and gloomy at the same time. I’m pretty sure this guy would be huge when it comes to all these prestigious literary awards if he chose to write in different - more traditional and approachable - genre than horror. Actually these novels are much more than just a horror. Con...

The Unquiet is my first step onto Charlie Parker territory that I haven't already covered - and what a step. Everything slowly building in the previous books comes to a head; personal, career and philosophical issues Charlie has been sidestepping have finally pinned him to a corner.There's less to unpack here than with the previous books; for the most part we follow a single thread, and I needed that clarity after Black Angels. Though it's an absolutely horrific series of crimes at the core of t...

I’m loving these books. Well written, with great characters and a fairly straightforward but well handled plot. On the surface this is a dark, disturbing story of child abuse and revenge... underneath the surface it’s an equally dark and disturbing story of ghosts and the supernatural.(I read the short story The Reflecting Eye first, which I’d recommend as it introduces an important character.)

In March of 2009, I started reading Charlie’s journey through the criminal underworld with “Every Dead Thing”. While having a little supernatural stuff thrown in there, his character reminded me of a “Batman-ish” vigilante. You had the classic story line of a traumatic event happening to an undeserving person which leads into spending their life trying to make amends for what happened. I loved it – I was hooked right away. The first book was full of such anger, he hated the world and wanted just...

Charlie “Bird” Parker is an ex-New York police officer. Now working as a private detective, he is also hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. A mother named Rebecca Clay hires him to shoo away Frank Merrick a.k.a. “Revenger” who is stalking and tormenting Rebecca and her daughter. Merrick wants to know the true whereabouts of Rebecca’s father Daniel Clay who mysteriously disappeared five years ago. Daniel Clay used to work as a psychiatrist specializing in abused children. Parker is torn b...

I have a new favorite Parker book. It's the slowest to get going, but the Collector bothered me on a deep level, and Connolly tricked me with every twist.

One of the most straight-forward of the Charlie Parker novels I have read, and quite possibly the most bleak, as well. As always, Connolly weaves a tale that is able to completely immerse you from the very beginning, and hold your attention until the final page. Angel and Louis (Connolly's usual comic-relief duo) are present in this novel, but to a much lesser degree than in some of its predecessors.The storyline doesn't contain as many divergent paths as earlier novels in the series, but was no...

Intense.Connolly writes detective-style mysteries with a dash of supernatural elements. The trouble is, neither Parker, nor the reader, is entirely sure what might just be unusual and what might be somewhat otherworldly. Parker, his lead character, has been haunted by the ghosts of his wife and child since they were killed, and once again, Parker is struggling with their ghosts. They're real enough that others can sense them, although his estranged wife, Rachel, points out that in her perception...

Back to my yearly Connolly reread picking up from where I left off earlier in the year.

Things have gone off kilter in a small town in Maine, accompanied by a slight whiff of burning.  Dark shifting presences, ones that cannot be seen straight on, only caught out of the corner of one's eye.  Deep set feelings of grief and loss, conjuring up ghosts who cannot rest.  Lost children, naked men with bird masks, a telltale tattoo, keeping company with secrets.  Charlie Parker has his work cut out for him with this case.

This one was dark, but for a whole different reason than the previous ones. Connolly has never been one to shy from dark and grim in his Charlie Parker series, but here he takes on the subject of child abuse. If you’ve been following the series (and you should if you haven’t) you’ll know that Parker’s life has been somewhat fraught with distress and all kinds of darkness. To paraphrase another review of this book, one would almost hope that the author would give the poor guy a break. Not here, h...

5 STARS! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Another winner in the Charlie Parker series!I loved this book and series dispite the subject matter.Here's the thing about this series.It's not an easy read if you have a hard time reading dark topics, evil men or things that go bump in the night.But the series is so well written and realistic that it's not for shock value. The plots and characters are amazing!It's more like..."Yeah, bad shit happens out there.I'm writting about it and you'll love the book, series and characte...

Such a dark, thrilling series! This is another really good installment, leaving my emotions all over the place as I finish. Mr. Connolly sure can write a thrilling narrative while handling some really dark and difficult subject matter. There was a really good mystery here, and some of the bigger twists in the series so far, I thought. So much potential moving forward! And the characters! I love them more with each book. They are so complex and compelling, and I root for them so much. If you can

Great, creepy read, with elements of mystery/crime fiction. Not really horror, though; Connolly creates his own genre. Creepish-mystery.It's best to read the Charlie Parker series in order, IMO. Each book can be read alone, but a lot of the nuances, depth, and complexity are lost if done so. There are reoccurring characters, most of whom get their own back stories, eventually. But like people do irl, these characters develop, change, and take twists and turns which are both predictable to their

Charlie Parker - you are my hero! Plus Angel and Louis of course. This is the sixth in the Charlie Parker series and they are definitely not losing my interest. In fact I think they are getting better and better. There is some disturbing stuff in this one about child pornography which I tried not to dwell on too much. And there are quite a few ghostly beings making themselves known which makes it a book you read in a well lit room preferably in the middle of the day surrounded by a lot of people...

I started reading this write when somebody in a Harry Dresden discussion told me about this series of books with a certain Charlie Parker. More real crime with a touch of darkness was how he described this series.I found this book in HC including a cd mr Connelly used as a soundtrack to his writings, which did indeed set a certain mood. The topic of this book "abuse of children" was knowledgable written about in tale that was well worth its dark edges and has for me given a prove of high capabil...