Review: Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker #1) by John Connolly

Title: Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker #1)
Author: John Connolly
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication Date: June 16, 2015
Edition: Paperback (512 pages)
Categories:

• Crime
• Detective
• Fiction
• Horror
• Mystery
• Mystery Thriller
• Suspense
• Thriller

Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Charlie Parker, a former police detective, is haunted by the unsolved murder of his wife and daughter. He leaves the NYPD, and is asked to investigate the disappearance of a young woman. In so doing, he confronts a serial killer known as the Traveling Man.

The plot is complex. The characters are well developed, and the range of emotion the reader experiences is as staggering as that in real life.

This is definitely not a "he said, she said" read. The grief, loss, and human drama comes to life and leaps out at the reader. It drew me in from the very start, and though some events are a bit graphic in their description, that too adds to the ambiance of the book. I will return to read more of the Charlie Parker books.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.