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Book Review of Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, Bk 1)

Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, Bk 1)
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John Connolly superbly taps into the tortured mind and gritty world of former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker, tormented by the brutal, unsolved murders of his wife and young daughter. Driven by visions of the dead, Parker tracks a serial killer from New York City to the American South, and finds his buried instincts--for love, survival, and, ultimately, for killing--awakening as he confronts a monster beyond imagining...