When Charlie Parker was still a boy, his father, a NYPD cop, killed a young couple, a boy and a girl barely older than his son, then took his own life. There was no explanation for his actions. Now Parker is working on his most personal case yet: an investigation into his own origins and the circumstances surrounding the death of his father. The investigation will reveal a life haunted by lies, by secrets kept and loyalties compromised. And by two figures in the shadows, a man and a woman, with only one purpose: to bring an end to Charlie Parker's existence ...
It had grown increasingly obvious with each Charlie Parker book that this is no ordinary detective procedural series. Each book has been slowly and subtly building on the previous ones, building up a mythology that suddenly comes roaring out in full force in book #8. The Lovers serves up answers and more mysteries and is a rewarding experience for any longtime Charlie Parker fan. I'm slightly despairing at the fact that I've now almost caught up with the current point in the series, which means that after I finish the one sitting on my nightstand, I'll have to wait until 2011 for the next one.
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