As a rule I don't like series. Having than been said, if more mysteries were like this one, I'd read more mysteries. This book is great in so many ways and to think, this is Connolly's debut novel, does that mean he gets better? Back to singing Every Dead Thing's praises...the plot is taut, there are sort of two mysteries in one book, it's long at almost 500 pages, but the pacing is great. The characters are terrific, interesting and immensely likeable (or hate-able), but either way fleshed out enough and personable enough to elicit an emotion. I found myself thoroughly involved. The writing is incredible, flawless prose with an occasional turn of phrase that can break your heart. I had my suspicions about the killers, but I wasn't sure, the mystery aspect was well executed IMO, some of the scenes were quite horrific and suited to depraved tastes of a horror fan. What can I say, I'm impressed, I'm won over, I'm a fan. I highly recommend this book

Every Dead Thing introduces to us to Charlie Parker, a private detective on the hunt for the serial killer who slaughtered his wife and daughter. Aided by his friends, and criminals, Angel and Luis, Parker tracks the Traveling Man from New York to the Louisiana Bayou, haunted all the while by the uneasy spirits of his lost family.

The Parker series is one of my all-time favorites, and over the course of numerous titles author John Connolly has developed an intricate and rich mythology of good versus evil. This is a series that, somehow, just keeps getting better and better with each new installment.

I really, really wish that books that have been previously released (years ago) would stop being listed on this site as an arc. I read this book in 2010.

I'm not usually into the crime thriller genre, but this was a great read.