Displaying 1 of 1 2022 Format: Book Author: Connolly, John, 1968- author. Title: The furies : two Charlie Parker novels / John Connolly. Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2022. Description: 504 pages ; 24 cm. Summary: "Chaos and murder arrive in Charlie Parker's hometown of Portland, Maine, with two connected crimes which prove to be among the most complicated of Parker's entire career"-- Provided by publisher. Series: Charlie Parker stories ; [20] Connolly, John, 1968- Charlie Parker thriller ; 20. Subjects: Parker, Charlie "Bird" (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Private investigators -- Maine -- Fiction. Sisters -- Fiction. Theft -- Fiction. Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Fiction. Portland (Me.) -- Fiction. Genre: Fictional Work Other Contributor: Connolly, John, 1968- Sisters Strange. Contents: The sisters Strange -- The furies. LCCN: 2022008117 ISBN: 9781982177003 (hardcover) 1982177004 (hardcover) OCLC: 1300756851 System Availability: 5 # System items in: 5 # Local items: 0 # Local items in: 0 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Trade Reviews Publishers Weekly ReviewIn The Sisters Strange, the first of two novels in Connolly's exceptional 20th book featuring Portland, Maine, PI Charlie Parker (after 2021's The Nameless Ones), a lumber company owner fears that his girlfriend is at risk from her ex-lover, ex-con Raum Buker. Parker's probing leads him to believe that Buker may be connected with the theft of some valuable coins and drawn the ire of a murderous collector, who has already left bodies in his wake, including a man choked to death by coins forced down the victim's throat. In the title novel, set at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Parker's approached for help by mobster Nate Sawyer's widow. After Sawyer was poisoned in jail, her husband's former criminal associates harass and assault her, believing she knows where he hid some stolen money. Vivid word pictures ("she caught an inkling of something in his eyes beyond mere annoyance, like the brief flash of a sharp blade before its owner thinks better of using it and sheaths it once again") and humor enhance suspenseful plotlines. This is an easy entry point for newcomers. Agent: Darley Anderson, Darley Anderson Literary. (Sept.) Series Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
