The Whisperers (Charlie Parker, #9)

Posted on 18 March 2017 by John Connolly

Oh, little one, he whispered, as he gently stroked her cheek, the first time he had touched her in fifteen years What have they done to you What have they done to us all In his latest dark and chilling Charlie Parker thriller, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly takes us to the border between Maine and Canada It is there, in the vast and porous Great North Woods, that a dangerous smuggling operation is taking place, run by a group of disenchanted former soldiers, newly returned from Iraq Illicit goods drugs, cash, weapons, even people are changing hands And something else has changed hands Something ancient and powerful and evil.The authorities suspect something is amiss, but what they can t know is that it is infinitely stranger and terrifying than anyone can imagine Anyone, that is, except private detective Charlie Parker, who has his own intimate knowledge of the darkness in men s hearts As the smugglers begin to die one after another in apparent suicides, Parker is called in to stop the bloodletting The soldiers actions and the objects they have smuggled have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod, a man with a taste for the strange And where Herod goes, so too does the shadowy figure that he calls the Captain To defeat them, Parker must form an uneasy alliance with a man he fears than any other, the killer known as the Collector Best Download Kindle ePUB The Whisperers (Charlie Parker, #9) By John Connolly – kino-fada.fr I Cannot Get Enough Of This Series Or Charlie Parker, or Angel, or Louis Even The Collector is starting to grow on me.Okay, now that I ve had my fangirl moment, here s the real review John Connolly or J Con as I like to refer to him is one of those guys who just can t write a bad book He has a way of weaving a story together flawlessy For example, in The Whisperers, there are a plethora of characters some secondary, some primary, some good, some bad, some in between, but all are dr I Cannot Get Enough Of This Series Or Charlie Parker, or Angel, or Louis Even The Collector is starting to grow on me.Okay, now that I ve had my fangirl moment, here s the real review John Connolly or J Con as I like to refer to him is one of those guys who just can t write a bad book He has a way of weaving a story together flawlessy For example, in The Whisperers, there are a plethora of characters some secondary, some primary, some good, some bad, some in between, but all are drawn impeccably Each is interesting in their own right, each most definitely belonging to the storyworld No matter how many new characters he introduces, it...Another excellent book in the Charlie Parker series which is such a great mixture of mystery, horror and the supernatural My only problem is that this is number nine in the series and I am rapidly catching up with the author who is preparing to publish number thirteen this year I a...Odd things are going on in Maine Several veterans of the Iraq war, including Damien Patchett, have recently committed suicide Damien s father, diner owner Bennett Patchett stricken by his son s death has other problems as well He s worried that his waitress is being abused by her boyfriend Joel Tobias, who happens to be Damien s former platoon mate So Bennett hires PI Charlie Parker to check out Tobias, hoping the investigation also casts light on his son s suicide.Parker s investigation Odd things are going on in Maine Several veterans of the Iraq war, including Damien Patchett, have recently committed suicide Damien s father, diner owner Bennett Patchett stricken by his son s death has other problems as well He s worried that his waitress is being abused by her boyfriend Joel Tobias, who happens to be Damien s former platoon mate So Bennett hires PI Charlie Parker to check out Tobias, hoping the investigation also casts light on his son s suicide.Parker s investigation of Tobias reveals that a cadre of Iraq war veterans are using a semi truck to smuggle things across the Maine border from Canada to the United States The reader though not Parker soon learns that the things are treasures looted from Baghdad s Museum of Antiquities Unfortunately for the looters the stolen riches are far from benign They harbor evil spirits whisperers that drive people who come in contact with them to suicide The smuggling operation catches the attention of Maine mob...Almost gave this one 3 stars, which is the first time I ve even considered it for this series but just about made the 4 star cut Maybe I m holding Connolly s high standards against him He s manages to be as consi...Loved this one You want creepy with a dash of detective thrown in with weird and unusual villains multiple villains and yet a story which comes right out of the current era smuggling stolen antiquities from Iraq and with former military veterans who want to do right but some of em do wrong This is the book for you I loved every minute, every word, every page Connolly not only spins a deft and twisty turvy tale, but he s no fan of stereotypes The MC doesn t get the gorgeous woman Loved this one You want creepy with a dash of detective thrown in with weird and unusual villains multiple villains and yet a story which comes right out of the current era smuggling stolen antiquities from Iraq and with former military veterans who want to do right but some of em do wrong This is the book for you I loved every minute, every word, every page Connolly not only spins a deft and twisty turvy tale, but he s no fan of stereotypes The MC doesn t get the gorgeous woman the MC doesn t constantly fight with his superiors The MC often is confused and stays that way and the sidekicks who protect him aren t always there when needed like the cavalry rushing down the hill Scene afte...A few months ago, I heard that John answered all his messages on his official Facebook page So, I thought, Hey, I like Connolly a lot, perhaps I ll tell him that So I sent him a message expressing my appreciation for his work and his signature Charlie Parker character Much to my surprise, he actually did respond Dear Brandon,Thanks very much for the kind words Good for morale as I work toward the end of the draft of the next book, so much appreciated.All best wishes,JohnAwesome.Anyway, ont A few months ago, I heard that John answered all his messages on his official Facebook page So, I thought, Hey, I like Connolly a lot, perhaps I ll tell him that So I sent him a message expressing my appreciation for his work and his signature Charlie Parker character Much to my surprise, he actually did respond Dear Brandon,Thanks very much for the kind words Good for morale as I work toward the end of the draft of the next book, so much appreciated.All best wishes,JohnAwesome.Anyway, onto my review I m not going to sit here and tell you that I know a whole lot about the Iraq War Most of what s fed to me comes from either John Stewart, Saturday Night Live, or, most recently, the film, The Hurt Locker That isn t to say I m op...The Whisperers concentrates on adefinitive plot as Charlie Parker s latest case sees him investigating an army veteran s suicide which in turn leads him onto a smuggling operation and the author delves deeply into post traumatic stress disorder and the effects of war on the soldiers.John Connolly demotes Charlie Parker s demons to the sidelines somewhat but what we do have is two characters that demand all the attention in the return of the killer known as the Collector and the deliberate The Whisperers concentrates on adefinitive plot as Charlie Parker s latest case sees him investigating an army veteran s suicide which in turn leads him onto a smuggling operation and the author delves deeply into post traumatic stress disorder and the effects of war on the soldiers.John Connolly demotes Charlie Parker s demons to the sidelines somewhat but what we do have is two characters that demand all the attention in the return of the killer known as the Collector and the deliberate finality of Herod, shadowed by an old demon called the Captain, Herod is an old man at the end of his life but he makes a stunning entrance with a simple ultimatum.The supernatural element comes in a stolen artifact, one when revealed attracts some ...Some might say that John Connolly is channeling his inner Stephen King with his Charlie Parker tales I haven t read much King but this is my 9th book in the series and there are some pretty creepy supernatural forces at work here view spoiler Iraqi jihadists lay a trap for corrupt US military forces to steal demons in a box and take them back to the US for mischief hide spoiler Veterans feature prominently in this story and the vets are not surprise the good guys Connolly intertwin Some might say that John Connolly is channeling his inner Stephen King with his Charlie Parker tales I haven t read much King but this is my 9th book in the series and there are some pretty creepy supernatural forces at work here view spoiler Iraqi jihadists lay a trap for corrupt US military forces to steal demons in a box and take them back to the US for mischief hide spoiler Veterans feature prominently in this story and the vets are not surprise the good guys Connolly intertwines the real life experience of veterans with PTSD committing suicide with the influence of the supernatural forces on the vets actions I guess he was maybe trying to highlight a real issue while still using it to advance his story Not nearly enough Angel and Louis in this one but what little there was sparkled.Connolly aligned with King in another way that I don t appreciate His basic theme is that US military members are corrupt, crazy and inherently violent wherever the... .It took me ages to finish this book, not because it was a particularly demanding read, far from it, but because I ve been working late every evening for a while now As such, it was a bit of a disjointed experience, but an enjoyable one This is the first Charlie Parker I ve read, even though it is a late entry to the series.It seems that this was the book s saving grace, if other reviews are to be believed I didn t have any expectations, so the supernatural angle came as a welcome surprise rat It took me ages to finish this book, not because it was a particularly demanding read, far from it, but because I ve been working late every evening for a while now As such, it was a bit of a disjointed experience, but an enjoyable one This is the first Charlie ...

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18 March 2017

John Connolly