Book description
The Number One bestseller.
It is spring, and the semi-preserved body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods. It is clear that she gave birth shortly before her death.
But there is no sign of a baby.
Private detective Charlie Parker is engaged by the…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Woman in the Woods as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I’ve always been fascinated by Connolly. An Irish writer who knows Maine intimately (almost as well as we life-long Maine-iacs).
I must be an anti-hero guy because many of the books I enjoy feature them. Charlie Parker is one of the better ones. It is a true balancing act to incorporate the supernatural and crime thriller genres but Connolly consistently pulls it off. (As you have probably figured out, this not my first walk on the darkside with Parker.)
His villains are always extremely villainous pushing Parker and his two hitman associates, Angel and Louis, to the maximum. Connally has…
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