Every Dead Thing
โ Scribed by Connolly, John
- Publisher
- [Pocket Books]
- Year
- 2000;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 367 KB
- Edition
- 5
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Hailed internationally as a page-turner in a league with the fiction of Thomas Harris, this lyrical and terrifying bestseller is the stunning achievement of an "extravagantly gifted" (Kirkus Reviews) new novelist. John Connolly superbly taps into the tortured mind and gritty world of former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker, tormented by the brutal, unsolved murders of his wife and young daughter. Driven by visions of the dead, Parker tracks a serial killer from New York City to the American South, and finds his buried instincts -- for love, survival, and, ultimately, for killing -- awakening as he confronts a monster beyond imagining ...
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SUMMARY: John Connolly's "darkly ingenious debut novel" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) has been hailed internationally as a page-turner in a league with the fiction of Thomas Harris.EVERY DEAD THINGJohn Connolly superbly taps into the tortured mind and gritty world of former NYPD detective Ch
### Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. **Chapter 1** The waitress was in her fifties, dressed in a tight black miniskirt, white blouse, and black high heels. Parts of her spilled out of every item of clothing she wore, making her look like she had swollen mysteriously sometime
Hailed internationally as a page-turner in a league with the fiction of Thomas Harris, this lyrical and terrifying bestseller is the stunning achievement of an "extravagantly gifted" (*Kirkus Reviews)* new novelist. John Connolly superbly taps into the tortured mind and gritty world of former NYPD d
One serial killer who tortures children and another who steals victims' faces after mutilating their bodies give readers two grisly plots in one darkly ingenious debut novel. New York Homicide cop Charlie "Bird" Parker left the force when his wife and baby daughter were gruesomely murdered (while he
### Amazon.com Review It's a good idea to avoid reading John Connolly's debut novel on a full stomach. His descriptions of mutilated murder victims give him honorary membership in the gore wars club. _Every Dead Thing_ is a fast-paced piece of fiction from an author whose regular stomping ground is