29. Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

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29. Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

This was the first in a series. It’s not new, I think it’s from 1998 or 1999. It’s the story of Charlie Parker, a P.I. and yes, his nickname is Bird. He was a cop but then his wife and daughter were murdered and he is not a cop anymore. This is all on the jacket flap.

It was a good story, but it read kinda like it was two different books. In the first half I was constantly confused about the timeline. It seems to take place right after the murder of his wife and daughter, but the more you read you can tell he’s been off the force and working freelance for a awhile, so, that was confusing. By the second half of the book that timeline is moot and the story gets moving.

I liked the book because it wasn’t just straight-up mystery/forensic clues, there was also a bit of supernatural goings on as well (in the form of a morbidly obese voodoo priestess in New Orleans. I mean, how can you go wrong with that character?).

I plan on reading the second book in the series. It gets three Cansecos for the first half being so confusing.

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