The Children Of Eve

I just finished reading The Children of Eve, John Connelly's latest Charlie Parker thriller. Parker is a private detective living in Portland, Maine, whose cases always involve the supernatural. His first wife and young daughter were murdered years ago, but the ghost of his daughter still occasionally appears both to him and her older stepsister to warn of danger. In this story, Parker is hired by an up-and-coming Maine artist whose boyfriend, Wyatt Riggins, has gone missing, leaving only a cell phone with the message "RUN" on it. Parker finds out that Riggins, an ex-soldier, was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of four children from Mexico, belonging to a cartel boss named Blas Urrea, although Urrea's children are all well and accounted for. Which begs the question: whose children are they? Urrea has hired a ruthless agent, accompanied by a scary, unknown woman, to get the four children back and deal mercilessly with everyone involved in taking them. What follows is danger for everyone involved, including Parker. I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to anyone who likes a good private eye novel, combined with supernatural overtones. Pick a copy up at your local library today.