Thank you for the opportunity to preview The Children of Eve.
I am a fan of anything John Connolly but in particular the Charlie Parker series.
In his newest book, Connolly starts with a new approach and I began to wonder when Charlie would enter the plot. Not disappointed as Parker gets involved in finding a missing boyfriend of an artist.
He’s left with no trace and she asks Parker to find him.
As he begins to look for the missing man another storyline is being told. A group of unsavory people are looking for each other. One man is a crime lord in Mexico who is seeking a prized possession while two other men are in hiding as they took something from the crime lord. These two factions will fight each other for their own beliefs.
Who will win this battle while Parker is in the middle of the fight and is not aware of the consequences or impact this will cause for so many.
This book starts slow but quickly picks up as the bodies begin to fall and he realizes he is involved with some very bad people who will stop at nothing to get what they want.
This is different from other previous books and I really like this because you begin to see how Parker is changing with age and how he has become more of a watcher. We see that Sam is getting older and how this scares him. He’s got a lot more to worry about including his own mortality.
Connolly connects with his audience like no other and never ceases to amaze me.
The part I hate the most is that I have to wait for the next novel to ensure my hero Charlie Parker survives to fight another day.
5 stars!

I am a huge fan of the Charlie Parker books. I think the world Connolly has created is exceptional, dark but compelling.

This entry has less Charlie, Louis and Angel than you would expect but is still a “sucks you in” story. If you have read them all, you will realize the central crime before Parker does but the story and the journey is the point.

I feel like this is the start toward the end of this chapter of Parker’s story and that is something that makes me sad, these characters are not the type that come along every day. If the end is coming, I am there till the end but I also hope for more inter period stories. There’s so much still to learn!

I was obsessed with this book from the first page. Stayed up way too late and didn't get any sleep. Because I just had to know what happened. Five stars. Thank you so much.