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Title: Literature meets pulp
Review: Reading Connolly is a grisly gruesome experience yet he writes so well that his books would fit as well in the literature aisle as the mystery aisle. I know that is a bit of a nebulous criticism, but perhaps I can explain it better in another fashion. He writes page turners that do not read at all like a page turner. His vivid descriptions, and clever metaphors sound more like Jonathan Franzen than Thomas Harris. I like his Charlie Parker character and I plan to continue reading this talented writer. He is my wife's favorite author at the moment, and she thinks that all recovering alcoholics should read the series. She doesn't expect me to understand that statement until finishing book three, Killing Kind. I am not a recovering alcoholic, so I am not sure I will get what she means, but I plan to plow through and find out. By the way, my favorite author has the same last name spelled a bit differently.
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