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The Woman in the Woods
By John ConnollyPublisher Description
“With its singular characters, eerie subject matter, and socko style” (The New York Times), this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author John Connolly follows Private Investigator Charlie Parker as he is hired to track down the identity of a dead woman—who apparently died in childbirth—and her missing child.
In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered. Investigators realize that the young woman gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby.
Private detective Charlie Parker is hired by a lawyer to shadow the police investigation and find the infant but Parker is not the only one searching. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in much more than a missing child…someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake.
And in a house by the woods, a toy telephone begins to ring and a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman.
With breathless pacing and shivery twists and turns, “this is Connolly’s masterpiece” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered. Investigators realize that the young woman gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby.
Private detective Charlie Parker is hired by a lawyer to shadow the police investigation and find the infant but Parker is not the only one searching. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in much more than a missing child…someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake.
And in a house by the woods, a toy telephone begins to ring and a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman.
With breathless pacing and shivery twists and turns, “this is Connolly’s masterpiece” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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Diverse charactersEasy to readFunny writingAddictiveFast-pacedSuspensefulRealistic settingDark
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“Charlie investigates a body found in the Maine woods. The body is that of a woman buried after dying in childbirth, with the child missing. It’s clear that Charlie is not the only one seeking the child. Quayle, an otherworldly lawyer accompanied by a creepy female assassin called Pallida Mors (pale death), is also following the dead woman’s trail. Quayle and Mors leave a trail of bodies in their wake. The Backers are “helping” Quayle but don’t actually want his mission to succeed because the item he’s seeking can unmake the world and invite the Not Gods, including the Buried God/God of Wasps back, which would end everything. There are distinct hints as to the identity of the Principal Backer. Angel is recovering from surgery after being diagnosed with Stage 2 colon cancer. Louis without Angel is unmoored and more dangerous than usual.”
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“This was my first book in the series (yes, I'm a late starter!) but I'm looking forward to more. And despite what several reviews say, you don't need to have read previous books, at least not in the same way it's helpful to have read David Mitchell's previous books to understand some of his world.
There is a real mystery here but, well, it quickly devolves into a more paranormal/thriller type book: the whodunnit/whydunnit part almost vanishes. My guess is that this is how other books in the series start. Some of the characters are original, like Billy Ocean, while others felt more like stock types, like Moxie Casten. That this is set in Maine (mostly) makes it fun - I could easily go to Portland and try to trace the various sites (as one can in Rebus' Edinburgh or Morse's Oxford).
If only I'd read this on a greyer, cloudier, rainier day.
eARC provided by publisher.”
About John Connolly
John Connolly is the author of the #1 internationally bestselling Charlie Parker thrillers series, The Book of Lost Things and its sequel The Land of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson Trilogy for younger readers, and (with Jennifer Ridyard) the Chronicles of the Invaders series. He lives in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, see his website at JohnConnollyBooks.com, or follow him on Twitter @JConnollyBooks.
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