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Title: Well worth finishing!
Review: Charlie Parker reminded me of Dennis Lehane or Michael Connelly's protagonists: all too human, wrestling with the insidious necessity of "the end justifying the means" when trying to stop someone who seems the embodiment of evil. I loved the tension as Connolly paints in the details of the surroundings before inexorably spiraling in on the horror of the murder scenes. The second half of the book has lots of brooding ambiance and breakneck pacing, using New Orleans and the South as its backdrop. This is a smart, well-researched book, and I hope that Charlie, Angel, and Louis return for another installment.
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