Jon Nixon reviewed Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
Review of 'Every Dead Thing' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I chanced across a later volume in Connolly's Charlie Parker series last month and enjoyed it enough to go out and find this one (number one).
This is a first person hard boiled detective story with a hint of the supernatural about it (not much, just a hint).
Connolly writes a rollicking good story and isn't afraid to use some poetic language which makes his books a pleasure to read. You don't get sunsets in a Connolly novel, you get day bleeding into night. The plotting, pacing, characters, dialogue and action sequences are all great.
The tone of this one is very dark and the murders are particularly grisly (more grisly than I needed but not enough to put me off). I already have volumes two and three lined up but may need something lighter first.
This is a first person hard boiled detective story with a hint of the supernatural about it (not much, just a hint).
Connolly writes a rollicking good story and isn't afraid to use some poetic language which makes his books a pleasure to read. You don't get sunsets in a Connolly novel, you get day bleeding into night. The plotting, pacing, characters, dialogue and action sequences are all great.
The tone of this one is *very* dark and the murders are particularly grisly (more grisly than I needed but not enough to put me off). I already have volumes two and three lined up but may need something lighter first.
