Charlie Parker series
It took me a while, but I'm finally diving into the Charlie Parker detective series by John Connolly. He's on the library shelf right below Michael Connelly, who hasn't yet seen fit to write me another Mickey Haller story.
I've read three Charlie Parkers so far. They're inventive, scary, fill with psycho killers and have an engaging leading man.
The trouble is, I'm far more interested in his dangerous sidekicks, Angel and Louis. They're a semi-retired burglar and hit man, respectively. They've been a couple for a long time, it seems, and two men were never more different. Trouble is, I don't know how they got together or what keeps them together. They're both smart and have a dry sense of humor and are prone to bastardizing any number of ancient philosophies, but that's about all I know.
Charlie's a good character, too, and I'm liking him more as the books progress, but I sometimes find myself hurrying through his parts to get to the bits about Angel and Louis. Then I have to go back and re-read the parts I rushed. Inefficient, that.
The books are based in Maine, for the most part, and I'm waiting for Charlie to run into one of Stephen King's crazies.
The good thing about getting into a series late is that I have nine more books to read to catch up. That should keep me busy for a couple of weeks.
*Crossposted from Dreamwidth*
I've read three Charlie Parkers so far. They're inventive, scary, fill with psycho killers and have an engaging leading man.
The trouble is, I'm far more interested in his dangerous sidekicks, Angel and Louis. They're a semi-retired burglar and hit man, respectively. They've been a couple for a long time, it seems, and two men were never more different. Trouble is, I don't know how they got together or what keeps them together. They're both smart and have a dry sense of humor and are prone to bastardizing any number of ancient philosophies, but that's about all I know.
Charlie's a good character, too, and I'm liking him more as the books progress, but I sometimes find myself hurrying through his parts to get to the bits about Angel and Louis. Then I have to go back and re-read the parts I rushed. Inefficient, that.
The books are based in Maine, for the most part, and I'm waiting for Charlie to run into one of Stephen King's crazies.
The good thing about getting into a series late is that I have nine more books to read to catch up. That should keep me busy for a couple of weeks.
*Crossposted from Dreamwidth*