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 Three hundred years ago, the settlers on the small Maine island of Sanctuary were betrayed by one of their own, and slaughtered. Now a band of killers has returned to Sanctuary to seek revenge on a young woman and her son, and the only people who stand in their way are a young rookie officer and the island's resident policeman, the troubled giant known as Melancholy Joe Dupree. But Joe Dupree is no ordinary policeman. He is the guardian of the island's secrets, the repository of its memories. He knows that Sanctuary has been steeped in violence, and that its ghosts will tolerate the shedding of innocent blood no longer. On Sanctuary, the hunters are about to become the hunted.

(P)2003 ISIS Publishing Ltd©2003 Bad Dog Books Limited Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

Critic reviews

In the crowded killing fields of crime fiction, John Connolly has quickly and decisively established himself as a unique voice. With BAD MEN he does it again, giving us a powerful story that is dark, daring and original. This one is his best. (Michael Connelly)
Remarkably assured and atmospheric crime novel . . . each successive Connolly novel has grown in authority and skill. . . Crime, horror and the supernatural are blended in a queasy mix that often has an almost physical impact on the reader.
Connolly spins his gruesome yarn with relish.
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Having read the numerous adverse reviews of the narrator of this book I braced myself… and it wasn’t great. Officer Dupree was made to sound like a village idiot, and Officer Macey given a slow semi-English accent that just didn’t gel with her personality. The rest of the cast (poor souls) suffered equal indignities.
But enough of that - the book was OK, complete with a passing reference to Charle Parker of course.
I do agree with others that it should be re-recorded with Jeff Harding as narrator in order to rescue the title.

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I did enjoy the story, I have read many from the Charlie Parker series. However I felt that some of the voices used by the reader were a little off line. Overall another well researched and well written story

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I Have listened to hundreds of audio books including many John Connolly novels and I can honestly say Hayward Morse is by far the worst voice actor I have ever come across. The plot is really good with well written characters, but the terrible character voices detract from the overall product. If it was re-recorded with a better narrator I’d probably re-buy.

Great book, awful narration.

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I think the reader is sooooo bad they should redo the whole lot his accents are just terrible. story is amazing thos love John's stuff

reader is shocking

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I did like the story but no Charlie Parker, made me feel a bit robbed.
The narrator was terrible and made everyone sound a bit stupid.
The voices for the women were terrible.
It would have been so much better with Jeff Harding

Not a Charlie Parker Thriller

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