A Series Of (Un)Fortunate Reviews

This is the latest installment in the epic adventures of the private investigator, Charlie Parker, the one whom evil fears.  Before I get to the review I just have to get somethings off my chest. The whole premise of this book (allegedly, according to its jacket) is that Charlie Parker is hired to find a mysterious plane wreck out in the boonie nether regions of Maine.  His ulterior motive (besides finding it and securing it before the wrong people do) is that the wreckage contains a manuscript that lists the names of those who have sold their soul to the devil.  Charlie wants to find the list because he's afraid his name is on it.  Um.  If you sold your soul, don't you think you'd know it?  I'm pretty sure I'd recall making that transaction. As I'm reading along (and obsessing about why wouldn't Charlie remember selling his soul, if indeed it was sold, and if not, then why would his name be on that list?) a question occurs to me: does John Connolly h...

The Burning Soul is the latest installment of the Charlie Parker series.  With Connolly's books it's sometimes hard to write reviews--the plots often have multiple strands that connect by the conclusion and it's hard to balance how much to include in the review to convey the flavor of the story without giving the entire thing away.  There is more hinting in this book that something bad is coming Parker's way at some point and that (possibly) something else bad is keeping tabs on him unless the entity keeping tabs is the same nastiness headed his way in which case it's not fair that evil's doing reconnaissance on an unsuspecting Parker! Pastor's Bay is a tiny, insulated town on the Maine coast whose inhabitants are wary of outsiders and protective of its own citizens.  It has its small town, small time, petty crime, but little does it know that big government is luring some big city, big time, nasty criminals to its environs to orchestrate a take down of s...

We have uploaded yet another taped review to our YouTube channel located at http://youtube.com/matthewslibrary . This review discusses a series of books featuring Maine private investigator, Charlie Parker. It is written by the wickedly talented John Connolly. You can view the video here. The video features interviewer, Ms. Natalie, a former library assistant, and the reviewer for this installment is Ms. Angie. We hope you'll check out this video, and perhaps give the featured titles a try. The titles in the series are as listed below: Every Dead Thing is located here at Matthews and also available upon request from Annville Free Library, Palmyra Public Library. Dark Hollow is currently only available upon request through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). The Killing Kind is available upon request from Lebanon Community Library. The White Road is available upon request from Palmyra Public Library. The Black Angel is available upon request from Annville Free Library and Lebanon Communit...