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The Woman in the Woods
The Woman in the Woods: A Thriller | John Connolly
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From internationally bestselling author and creative genius who has few equals in either horror fiction or the mystery genre (New York Journal of Books) comes a gripping thriller starring Private Investigator Charlie Parker. When the body of a womanwho apparently died in childbirthis discovered, Parker is hired to track down both her identity and her missing child. In the beautiful Maine woods, a partly preserved body is discovered. Investigators realize that the dead young woman gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired by a lawyer to shadow the police investigation and find the infant but Parker is not the only searcher. Someone else is following the trail left by the woman, someone with an interest in much more than a missing childsomeone prepared to leave bodies in his wake. And in a house by the woods, a toy telephone begins to ring and a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman.
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Addison_Reads
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#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #SeriesRead2021@TheSpineView

One of my favorites in the series! This book had so many great things going for it. I loved the side story about the Grimm's Fairy Tale book. Angel and Louis are in this one as well and their relationship is tested. I enjoyed getting to see a more vulnerable side of them both.

I'm going to be sad when I run out of Charlie Parker books to read.

JoyBlue I have a couple of questions about the series. What's the violence level? Must one read all of them and in order? 3y
Addison_Reads @JoyBlue The series is pretty violent. Some of the crimes are descriptive and intense. There is violence to women and children throughout the series. I originally read several of these out of order and didn't find them to be confusing that way. However, reading in order now I have noticed a few connections I didn't see when I read the books out of order before. 3y
JoyBlue @Addison_Reads Thanks so much! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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LiteraryLona
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This series is so good that I‘ve purposefully slowed down on reading it, because I don‘t want it to end.

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TrishB
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It‘s always hard to call your favourite anything, but this is probably near my top of fave series. I love the mix of crime and horror and you‘re never quite sure about the supernatural happenings.
Brilliant series 👍🏻

Paulbookworm One of my favourite authors 📚📚 4y
AmyG This was the first book I read of his. Excellent. Better late than never. 4y
TrishB @Paulbookworm mine too, definitely. 4y
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TrishB @AmyG I am doing this 😱 for reading out of order 😁 you have to go back to the beginning and start from 1. They are excellent. 4y
MsMelissa I‘ve never read a Connelly book. Might have to change that 😉 4y
AmyG Maybe some day. I have SOOOOO many books to get to.🤣 4y
TheLudicReader @Book_Fiend_Melissa I haven‘t read any of Connelly‘s Charlie Parker books (yet), but I highly recommend (edited) 4y
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TrishB
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#weeklyforecast
Hoping to finish the tagged one today and then probably start Sisters, but no idea afterwards as yet!

Cinfhen Super curious about 4y
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TrishB
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Took me an hour to decide what to start this morning, nothing was appealing to me. Choose this eventually as it‘s a great series and never lets me down.
Brought this in a charity shop but the CD is still inside! I‘ll have to have a listen and see what music goes with Charlie Parker. Dark I‘m expecting.

squirrelbrain Hopefully you‘ve picked a good one! 4y
Cathythoughts Sounds interesting 👍🏻❤️ 4y
MsMelissa I hate when it takes me forever to decide what to read next. I hope one works for you. 4y
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Bookwm85forever
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The best part of taking my husband to physical therapy is the quiet time I get while waiting to drive him home. #booknerd #bookworm #bookaddiction #bookaddict #mystery #weekendread

Lynnsoprano When my hubby was going through PT last year, I got a lot of reading done, too😄 5y
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Bookwm85forever
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This is my first John Connolly book and definitely not my last. I‘m so excited to see all these books he has written. #booknerd #bookaddict #bookaddiction #bookclub #bookworm #mystery

TrishB A great series 👍🏻 5y
monalyisha I‘ve never read his mysteries but I loved 5y
Bookwm85forever @monalyisha I‘m going to add this to my TBR pile. Thanks for the add and suggestion. 5y
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Bookwm85forever @TrishB I‘m reading this one for book club but look forward to starting at number 1. 5y
TrishB @Bookwm85forever much better to get the full story! 5y
Sweettartlaura I second @monalyisha - I read that plus this series (plus just about everything else) - it‘s allllll good 🙌🏻. You have found yourself a new author to fall into - enjoy! 5y
Bookwm85forever @Sweettartlaura That‘s so great to hear!!! 5y
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A mystery, a thriller, with a bit of supernatural. A woman‘s remains are found in the northern Maine woods, and signs she had given birth. The hunt is on to find the child and what happened to the woman. Charlie Parker has been hired to look into it and he comes across a couple with nasty intentions to also find what became of the woman in the woods. John Connolly has definitely spent time and Maine. I appreciate the detail.

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In all my cozy clothes, no where to go. Everyone else asleep. The nice thing about the storm, is my usually very busy road, is peaceful and quiet. Every once and a while I hear a snow plow. Yes I am snacking on Cadbury mini eggs for breakfast. My first bag of 2019. I hope everyone is safe and warm. Happy Sunday 😊

MaGoose No snow here, but heavy rain. It's due to get really cold tonight and tomorrow so we'll probably end up with a lot of ice. Enjoy reading with the Cadbury eggs. 5y
JoScho Mini eggs! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 5y
Kayla.Adriena I'm obsessed with your coffee mug! 5y
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Craftylikefox @magoose I hope you are staying warm 😊 5y
Craftylikefox @JoScho when I saw them in the store I couldn‘t leave without them! 5y
Craftylikefox @Kayla.Adriena thanks! I love it so much! I got it from Amazon 5y
RadicalReader @Craftylikefox you choose he most incredible sounding novels I have ever imagined. Wishing you a wonderful year of reading 5y
Craftylikefox @RadicalReader thanks 😊you too! 5y
Drocchio03 That is my favorite Easter candy. I‘m on bag number two. 🤫 5y
Craftylikefox @Drocchio03 I always look forward to this time of year for the mini eggs! 5y
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Craftylikefox
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I‘ve been running errands all day before the storm hits Maine.
I am finally starting The Woman in the Woods!
I have one cup of coffee in the morning. Otherwise I drink lots of different tea (no hibiscus or Jasmine teas, too perfume like to me)
My coffee this morning 😊

TiredLibrarian I haven't read that one, but I love the Charlie Parker series. Get cozy & enjoy! 5y
RadicalReader @Craftylikefox what are your favorite go to types of tea? 5y
Craftylikefox @TiredLibrarian it‘s my first and I am really enjoying it! 5y
Craftylikefox @RadicalReader I usually prefer black or green teas especially Earl Grey and fruit teas like peach tea 😊 5y
RadicalReader @Craftylikefox I adore peach tea I swear I should‘ve been a southerner lol 5y
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Charity shop mini haul.
The Connolly one has a cd inside which is labelled a sound track to his books- must be one creepy cd!!

Bklover Bel Canto is such a good book! 5y
TrishB @Bklover it has much Litsy love! 5y
Addison_Reads I have a CD that came with The Black Angel. I enjoyed listening to it while reading that one. 5y
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Ruthiella Also loved Bel Canto.😍 5y
TrishB @Addison_Reads cool 👍🏻I‘ve just finished Black Angel - so I‘m no where near ready for this one- I just buy them in charity shops if I haven‘t got them! 5y
TrishB @Ruthiella cool 👍🏻 5y
squirrelbrain Loved Bel Canto! I read it twice and I never (well hardly ever) read books twice! 5y
TrishB @squirrelbrain I don‘t either - so that‘s some recommendation! 5y
rwmg Bel Canto has a soundtrack for the book on Spotify. I don't know if they are using the same music for thw film 5y
TrishB @rwmg thanks 👍🏻 5y
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This is the sixteenth - 16, count ‘em! - installment of Connolly‘s Charlie Parker series. And it still holds up. Connolly has developed a core cast of characters around Parker, & still manages to bring in new people that we just might see again.
If you like supernatural noir, treat yourself to this series. It will keep you busy for a while.

AmyG 16? Wow. I am reading this....my first Connolly book. You don‘t need to read the first 15 to enjoy this. But when I‘m done, I‘m going to look for those. So far, a very good mystery/thriller. 6y
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Sweettartlaura
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3 hours left - 200 pages to go to finish this one & meet my goal.
Here I go 🏃‍♀️
#deweysreadathon

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Sweettartlaura
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After some sleep & some audiobooking while I ate, it‘s on to Book #2 for #deweysreadathon 🙂

AmyG I am reading this, too. It‘s quite good. 6y
WhatThePuck I'm reading Dark Hollow. 😁 6y
Sweettartlaura @AmyG I loved it!❤️ 6y
Sweettartlaura @WhatThePuck You have lots of great reading ahead of you ❤️ 6y
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AmyG
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I won this book on Goodreads. I got to page 152 and the next page was 345. 😳 Skip 30 pages and I‘m on page 185. Well, damn....now I‘m into the story and missing 33 pages. I emailed them. Let‘s see if they even contact me.

Lovesbooks87 Oh no. That sucks. Hopefully they send you a book with all the pages! 6y
WhatThePuck 😐😐😐😐🤨 6y
Swe_Eva “She died more you, the round-trip ticket was expensive.” Quite poetic if you think about it. 😉😂 6y
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AmyG @Lovesbooks87 I asked if they would send me a good copy. By then, if they do, I‘ll probably forget the story. 😂 6y
ScientistSam Wow! That's terrible. 6y
Reviewsbylola 😬😬😬 6y
ofbooksandme It's like having a weird kind of chose your own adventure lol 6y
tracey38 Oh my goodness! 6y
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BookMaven9
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I just can‘t love this series enough💕💕💕

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Guildedearlobe
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Up next! One of my favorite series!

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DeborahSmall
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Latest signed book buys from #NoAlibis ❤️📚

TrishB I‘m after that Kate Mosse one, looks great. Will be pay day buy! (edited) 6y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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TorieStorieS
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Despite the April wintry weather, which is sure to ruin the mood around here, this book‘s highly anticipated arrival, turned our #SundayShutInDay to be amazingly fun! The best part about reading this in a day is that this is one of my favorite authors and this 16th installment in one of my very favorite series brightened the whole day! But the worst part is that this re-sets the countdown until the next book....

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Olivia306
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Fast-paced and gritty, this book captures attention from the very beginning and I enjoyed it tremendously. This volume sheds more light on the general plot while offering a tougher and bleaker vision but also interesting clues that make the story all the more captivating. The old characters mix well with the new ones and provide some surprising situations. The only complaint? I'll have to wait for next instalment now. 🤓

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Olivia306
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So excited for this new installment in the Charlie Parker series! 🤓 Due to work, I completely forgot about it until I passed a Waterstones on my way to the office and saw it. Already breezed through the first 100 pages. I love this series so much.

MayJasper Happy for you 😊 6y
Olivia306 Thank you. 🤓 6y
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Can't wait to get started on this!!! I love Charlie Parker :)

TrishB A series I‘ve got into via Litsy! But I‘ve only just finished number 4! 6y
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CaitlinR I love John‘s books. 6y
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