I love John Connolly, in his genre I think he is close to the top of my list. Charlie Parker (the main character, in most of his books) is great, yet troubled and tortured by the deaths of his Wife and Child, in the first book.The thing that makes these books as good as they are is the people he fills them with. The normal folks are quite believable, and the not so normal folks ie, the hollow men, the Collector, Frank Merrick are all as equally as unlikeable as the good guys are likeable.

I am glad that Louis and Angel had a part in this book as well, they are great additions to the series. Who wouldn't love a gay couple that just happen to be hit men ?? Overall a thouroughly enjoyable read. My only complaint is this one started off a bit slow, it made up for it about 100 pages in, but most of them grab me from page 1 ( thus the 4 stars). I do have [b:The Reapers|2515832|The Reapers|John Connolly|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51flREuCuoL._SL75_.jpg|2425284] on my book case waiting patiently for me to pick up.