A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly, Book Review
Ghosts – do believe in the existence of ghosts? And if you do, do you believe they can harm us? From the beginning of time, people have sought to appease not only the divine but also the dead. To this day many people around the world, notably in China, practice a form of ancestry worship, believing the ancestors can help them in their daily struggles. I wonder if they are also keen to show sufficient deference because they are perhaps afraid the dead might bring them harm? The Charlie Parker series has a huge following of devoted readers and I can see why. The books are pacey with a menacing atmosphere that pulls you in. In A Game of Ghosts , former New York City policeman and now private investigator Charlie Parker gets involved in a case dripping with evil, evil you can fight with a gun and evil you can’t. How can you fight ghosts you can’t kill because they are already dead? Charlie Parker is hired to find another P.I. who has disappeared while investigating a series o...