false 175243 12 Charlie "Bird" Parker, the protagonist of John Connolly's Shamus Award-winning first novel, <I>Every Dead Thing</I>, returns in another moody, masterful thriller set in the beautifully evoked Maine woods where Bird has returned to lick his wounds and recover from the murder of his wife and daughter explored in the earlier book. A half-hearted investigator, Bird agrees to track down the ex-husband of Rita Purdue and get the child support she has coming to her. And when Rita and her son are killed and the finger of suspicion points to Billy Purdue, Bird still feels a moral obligation to find the young man, even though he can't believe he's a killer. Then the bodies begin piling up, among them a bunch of Cambodian killers, some mob-connected Boston gangsters, a couple of people to whom Billy turned for refuge, and an old woman in a nursing home who dies with the name of a bogeyman on her lips--the mysterious Caleb Kyle. It's not the first time Bird's heard that name: his grandfather, who was also a cop, spent his last years trying to track down the legendary monster whose name was always used to scare kids into doing what they were supposed to. And it's not only his grandfather's ghost that haunts Bird as he attempts to solve the mystery of who Billy Purdue really is; the spirits of his dead wife and child urge him on in his attempt to find justice for Rita and her child as well. Aided in his quest by two unlikely but compellingly realized associates, a gay hit man and his lover, Bird confronts the evil that lurks in a mythical monster who turns out to be all too real, and comes to terms, finally, with the grief that has colored his life black since the death of his family. A powerful, well-paced thriller with a complex and interesting hero who bears even further explication--hopefully in his third adventure. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 950230 2000 Dark Hollow (Charlie Parker, #2) total:405|5:126|4:172|3:87|2:14|1:6| 405 1613 560 30 3 0 false true Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 14:41:27 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 14:59:52 -0700 2009
The poetic stuff is here throughout, again, mainly in descriptions of trees and weather, such as snowfall.

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PI Charlie Bird--recovering from the murder of his family by The Travelling Man--returns to the scene of happier times, the wintry Maine of his childhood. But relaxation is once again elusive: another young woman is savagely killed along with ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jul 01 13:58:57 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 13:58:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 19:57:21 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:06:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:51:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:52:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 13:26:43 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 13:31:33 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:04:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:08:01 -0700 2009
Good read. Second in the series with a quick pace, good dialogue due to bringing Angel and Louise back, and a multitude of dark and evil characters. Better than the first so I have hopes for the future of this series.]]> 4 0 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Jan 09 09:33:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 07:48:45 -0800 2008
The books in this series are dark, a little scary, and at times graphically violent (t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 16:48:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 19:15:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 05:43:58 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 05:44:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:27:25 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 14:30:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 11:52:34 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 10:15:03 -0700 2007
Gloriously bloody and complicated and transparent yet again, with very evocative scenery and some awful dia...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:58:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:03:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 04:45:48 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 06:15:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 06 19:49:47 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 20:01:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:04:09 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 18:31:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 07:25:07 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 07:54:53 -0800 2008 It would help to have read the first book, but it's not necessary.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 14:07:19 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 14:08:42 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=175243