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A River Red with Blood by John Connolly

A River Red with Blood by John Connolly

June 1, 2026 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: We hear about the rape of girls and women, but thankfully we don’t get a play by play. Or we may have, I won’t lie, I started skipping that part of the book. I feel like this is my fault. I said in my last Charlie Parker review I was sick and tired of the mystery of Charlie and his dead daughter Jennifer. I didn’t care […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: A River Red with Blood, Charlie Parker #23, john connolly

Classic's CBR18 Review No:44 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · Tags: A River Red with Blood, Charlie Parker #23, john connolly ·
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The Children of Eve by John Connolly

The Children of Eve by John Connolly

July 14, 2025 by Classic 2 Comments

I don’t know guys. I love Charlie Parker but this was just not that great. It’s definitely not in my top five of this series. This is even more filler (why is Parker so important—the world will never know) and the main plot is just very unsatisfying. I just felt like there were too many holes and not enough people for me care about outside of Charlie, Louis, and Angel. We do get more of Charlie and his daughter Sam which I appreciated. I wonder […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Charlie Parker #22, john connolly, The Children of Eve

Classic's CBR17 Review No:95 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr17bingo, Charlie Parker #22, john connolly, The Children of Eve ·
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Night & Day by John Connolly

Night & Day by John Connolly

June 24, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

This took me several months to complete and I really wish I had DNFed it. I didn’t because I love John Connolly so much, but honestly this anthology was not great. And when I realized 50 percent of the book is in essence a biography of Christopher Lee and his involvement with a film called “Horror Fest” I should have been fully done. I adore the Charlie Parker series since Connolly has done a great job of blending mystery/horror/magical realism, etc. I was hoping for […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: john connolly, Night & Day

Classic's CBR17 Review No:87 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: john connolly, Night & Day ·
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Sinners

The White Road by John Connolly

June 9, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

This is a tough one. I’ve been waiting for four rather long books (by mystery standards) for John Connolly to deliver the goods. I’ve received glimpses into what makes him a good writer and what makes these stories work: some well done mystery scenes and a dash of the supernatural. But I’ve been patiently waiting for him to take the next step. Does he do it here? Yes. But! Sigh… Ok, I’ll go with what works first and what I’m having a hard time with. […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: charlie parker, horror, john connolly, mystery, Racism, South Carolina, supernatural, The White Road

Jake's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: charlie parker, horror, john connolly, mystery, Racism, South Carolina, supernatural, The White Road ·
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February-March 2024 Leftovers

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams

Bone White by Ronald Malfi

Alexander the Great by Phillip Freeman

Nero: Matricide, Murder and Music in Imperial Rome by Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth

Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R. James

A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block

The Killing Kind by John Connolly

Shōgun by James Clavell

Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman

Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita

Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Woolraich

April 3, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Rain, rain, go away. I thought my reading count looked too low and then I realized I didn’t do leftovers for February, so here’s Feb-March combined. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and Rise of the Tudors ***** Jones is such a talented historian. Gets all the important stuff of the Wars of the Roses in great detail and lets the story entertain. His Templars book will soon be on my radar. A Lowcountry Bride**** Had to read this for a library […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings

Jake's CBR16 Review No:43 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings ·
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Horror Month 2023: #1

Dark Hollow by John Connolly

October 3, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

For October 2023, I’m going to read as many horror- and/or Halloween-themed books as I can. It’s my own personal reading challenge to clear some stuff off my shelf and engage with other stuff on my TBR list. A few years ago, there was the framework of a tweet that made the rounds saying Men will literally do X instead of go to therapy. “X” could be watching football or training for UFC or any other such thing. The roots of it were legit: men are conditioned […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, bird, Bird Parker, charlie parker, horror, john connolly, maine, mystery

Jake's CBR15 Review No:143 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, bird, Bird Parker, charlie parker, horror, john connolly, maine, mystery ·
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