Book review

Something a bit different. Since the first of the year I have been listening to audio-books. And so far I've been listening exclusively to Tom Clancy and his Jack Ryan series. I enjoy this series of books I've read the books several times over the years. I got through the first nine books and I needed a break. So I pulled another book up. This one is by John Connelly I haven't read or listened to any of his books but I did recognize the name.


Anyway this one is called “The Lovers” and it is very different than the type of books I normally read. I enjoyed it for the most part every once in a while I would lose track of what was going on but I think that was more a function of my having to drive at the same time than the writing of the book.


Final opinion: Worth the read and if you enjoy the class of these books you enjoy it.


Here is a quick synopsis that is available on Amazon

Starred Review. Bestseller Connolly once again expertly melds a hard-boiled plot with the supernatural in his eighth Charlie Parker crime novel (after The Reapers). While previous books in the series explored the trauma at the heart of Parker's backstory, the murder of the PI's wife and daughter, this one examines an equally devastating family trauma—the suicide of his New York City policeman father, Will, after Will gunned down two unarmed teenagers decades earlier. As Parker, who was 15 at the time, seeks the truth about his ancestry, he comes to doubt that he was raised by his biological parents. When he learns a pair of undying beings have him at the top of their hit list, he decides to return to New York City after a stint tending bar in Maine. The underlying grim sadness and Connolly's unwillingness to pull his punches will appeal to noir fans, while his effective use of understatement and evocative prose makes his alternate universe plausible.