It’s been barely six months since John Connolly graced us with his Charlie Parker series prequel, The Dirty South, and now he’s back with a terrific novel, The Nameless Ones.
This book, although part of the Charlie Parker series, turns its focus away from Parker and toward two incredibly interesting characters, in Louis and Angel.
The book opens with a brief introduction, reminding the reader of the series of conflicts that occurred in the Balkans during the 1990’s after the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. It’s a great reminder that helps set up the plot of the story.
In Amsterdam, multiple people are butchered with their remains scattered around their crucified patriarch, De Jaager. Louis is tasked with hunting down the killers before they can escape back east.
John Connolly delivers a novel that we’ve grown to expect from him. I constantly have to remind myself to not take his writing for granted, as it’s so well done. His ability to paint a vivid picture makes his writing come across as poetry. He has his usual large cast of characters that you have to track, but he makes them so interesting, that they become unforgettable. Connolly’s attention to detail is astounding, and it seems that his research is some of the best in the business. He injects a level of the supernatural into his writing that keeps the plot scary and a little creepy.
It took no time for the action and mystery to start, and I was hooked into the story. I flew through the remainder of the book, and I was sad when it was over. Like other great books and great writing, turning the last pages leaves a wake of sadness, knowing that the story is over, and you can’t ever experience it for the first time again. I look forward to hearing what other readers think of this novel. It was great and should be on every mystery and thriller lover’s to-be-read list.
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