01-03-2023, 08:42 AM
The Furies by John Connolly
Yep, Book 20. Connolly turns quality with great regularity. He usually has one out in September (and now that I think about it, this might have come out then and I'm only getting it from the library now) They are also really good. But like all long series I'm forgetting some of the details of the expansive backstory. But in the case of Connolly, it doesn't matter too much since all the novels stand by themselves. It adds dimension to have read the whole series but it isn't necessary.
Now, the last two or so novels haven't centered on Charlie Parker. One novel was Parker just starting out and the other focused on Angel and Louis, Parker's helpers, and one of their adventures. The Furies brings the story back to current Parker. And as a bonus The Furies contains two stand alone novels but they both sort of center on the same hotel were bad people live. I guess the thinking was the books were too long to be novellas but short for a Charlie Parker adventure so let's bundle them together.
The first is The Sisters Strange. As usual there is an occult element in the books. In this case there is a missing malevolent coin stolen from a coin collector. He wants the coin back and is leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. And that trail is going to lead to Maine and Parker. Parker is hired by one of the locals because he is dating one of the Strange sisters and is worried for her safety because a former boyfriend is in town and causing trouble. The former boyfriend has crossed paths with Parker before so he knows the former boyfriend is trouble.
The second book is called The Furies. Parker's client this time is being blackmailed by some lowlifes who have stolen artifacts from the woman of her dead child and want money in exchange for the artifacts returns. The lowlifes think the woman has money the woman's husband embezzled from the mob down in Rhode Island. Pretty standard except for the ghost causing mischief at the Lowlife's hotel. A story right up Parker's alley since he has his own ghost.
Both stories are set at the outset of the pandemic and there is some commentary about the upcoming plague in both stories.
Yep, Book 20. Connolly turns quality with great regularity. He usually has one out in September (and now that I think about it, this might have come out then and I'm only getting it from the library now) They are also really good. But like all long series I'm forgetting some of the details of the expansive backstory. But in the case of Connolly, it doesn't matter too much since all the novels stand by themselves. It adds dimension to have read the whole series but it isn't necessary.
Now, the last two or so novels haven't centered on Charlie Parker. One novel was Parker just starting out and the other focused on Angel and Louis, Parker's helpers, and one of their adventures. The Furies brings the story back to current Parker. And as a bonus The Furies contains two stand alone novels but they both sort of center on the same hotel were bad people live. I guess the thinking was the books were too long to be novellas but short for a Charlie Parker adventure so let's bundle them together.
The first is The Sisters Strange. As usual there is an occult element in the books. In this case there is a missing malevolent coin stolen from a coin collector. He wants the coin back and is leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. And that trail is going to lead to Maine and Parker. Parker is hired by one of the locals because he is dating one of the Strange sisters and is worried for her safety because a former boyfriend is in town and causing trouble. The former boyfriend has crossed paths with Parker before so he knows the former boyfriend is trouble.
The second book is called The Furies. Parker's client this time is being blackmailed by some lowlifes who have stolen artifacts from the woman of her dead child and want money in exchange for the artifacts returns. The lowlifes think the woman has money the woman's husband embezzled from the mob down in Rhode Island. Pretty standard except for the ghost causing mischief at the Lowlife's hotel. A story right up Parker's alley since he has his own ghost.
Both stories are set at the outset of the pandemic and there is some commentary about the upcoming plague in both stories.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm