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The Black Angel

A Charlie Parker Thriller, Book 5

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The Black Angel

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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 The Black Angel is not an object. The Black Angel is not a myth. The Black Angel lives.

A young woman goes missing from the streets of New York. Those who have taken her believe that nobody cares about her, and that no one will come looking for her. They are wrong. She is 'blood' to the killer Louis, the man who stands at the right hand of private detective Charlie Parker, and Louis will tear apart anyone who stands in the way of his attempts to find her.

But as Louis's violent search progresses, Parker comes to realize that the disappearance is part of an older mystery, one that is linked to an ornate church of bones in Eastern Europe, to the slaughter at a French monastery in 1944, and to the quest for a mythical prize that has been sought for centuries by evil men: the Black Angel.

Yet the Black Angel is more than a myth. It is conscious. It dreams. It is alive.

And men are not the only creatures that seek it . . .

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If, like me, you have listened to the Parker series a little out of sequence and still have not read this one, then you will find that it resolves part of the puzzle as to who and what, exactly, Charlie Parker is, and that will deepen your enjoyment of the books that are behind you as well as those that are to come. The Black Angel is a good one; the story also deepens the relationship between Parker and Louis, firing it into what it will become in successive books. But it works just as well as a stand alone novel, composed as it is of Connolly's trademark territory of the terrestrial world and that beyond, of the characters Angel, Louis and Parker, and a little bit of Rachel, though she is not front and centre of this tale. Very enjoyable, all in all, and beautifully rendered into vivid life by the inimitable Jeff Harding.

Crucial to the series

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What made the experience of listening to The Black Angel the most enjoyable?

The book was well read and the characters easily identifiable by the use of different voice characterisations

Who was your favorite character and why?

Louis. He is dark and mysterious and of course a killer but he has a depth of character and an interesting history.

What does Jeff Harding bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

A greater depth and quality to the characters

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

When angels fall they can rise again..

Any additional comments?

A very enjoyable book.

Insight into Louis' past

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An excellent, well written crime novel. But at this point on the series the supernatural bleeds through so it can't be denied any more. Previously there were hints of ghosts seen from a world beyond the living, but these could have been dismissed as psychological effects of guilt. No more. The Fallen angels live amongst us. Delighting in nightmare horrors. Charlie Parker falls unwillingly into the role of protector. But can one guilt ridden man save humanity from an evil so hideous it was banished from heaven and is beyond God's redemption? Let's hope so.

The supernatural breaks through

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riveting from the start. love how Charlie parkers identity unfolds throughout the series. Well read, written and paced

Great read

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This book was very good, but I wish Audible didn't require at least 15 words to submit a good review; yes, I see the irony in this.

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