- Taschenbuch: 565 Seiten
- Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton (10. Januar 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1416547193
- ISBN-13: 978-0340920510
- ASIN: 0340920513
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,2 x 11 x 3,8 cm
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Daniel Clay, a psychiatrist alleged to have worked with a child-abuse ring, is missing and presumed dead. His grown daughter, Rebecca, is being stalked by an ex-con whose own daughter is missing. Rebecca hires Portland, Maine, investigator Charlie Parker to protect her and dissuade her stalker, a former contract killer named Merrick who is intent on either finding his daughter or avenging her death. The case leads to a very dark chapter in Maine's rural history and to the still-operational remnants of a syndicate of highly organized child abusers. Connolly weaves elements of the supernatural into a disturbing, very dark tale. Parker is haunted by the specters of his late wife and daughter as well as an ephemeral embodiment of death who offers both advice and warnings as the detective ventures ever deeper into the darkness of the real world and his own soul. The disquieting subject, coupled with Connolly's dark, lyrical prose, will leave unshakable images lurking on the edge of the reader's consciousness. Wes Lukowsky
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'Parker is a classic character who walks straight and tall like someone from the old west, and the reader knows all will be well once he arrives in town. THE UNQUIET just won't let you put it down as the plot careers across the pages like a runaway train. Excellent!' -- Mark Timlin, Independent on Sunday 'This man's so good, it's terrifying ... a quieter, subtler, more reflective way of scaring us into shivering wrecks ... His gift for instilling terror is undimmed ... Connolly operates in the terrain between unease and horror and does so without resorting to hysteria' -- Marcel Berlins, The Times Connolly's books are shot through with bitter poetry, and couched in prose as elegant as most literary fiction ... However, all of this is not the overriding reason why Connolly has risen above most of his peers. It's because Connolly's work has raised the stakes, beyond the quotidian concerns of most crime novels, into a grandiose conflict between the forces of good and evil, with religion and the paranormal stirred into the heady brew.' -- Independent 'As usual, there is an element of the supernatural, taking the reader into a place where the real, contemporary world is touched by something from our worst nightmares, and he does it in lyrical, almost poetic language which grips and chills.' -- Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph 'THE UNQUIET reveals both pace, full description and a compelling central character. It's a rich achievement - and strange that a master of the macabre like Connolly should seem such a nice guy.' -- Daily Express 'Connolly handles the unspeakable with consummate ease' -- Daily Mirror Parker seeks truth and discovers pain. His sleuthing is fast-packed, which makes THE UNQUIET a thrilling read' -- FT Magazine 'Originality in story and style is what makes Connolly stand out from the thriller pack. THE UNQUIET is plotted and paced not to break your neck, like those of his rivals in the business, but to efficiently crush every bone in your body.' -- Daily Sport 'In two fascinating confrontational scenes between Parker and He/It-who-will-not-be-named here, (Connolly) writes superbly mesmerising dialogue. You'll be running shards of it through your mind after the book is finished ... THE UNQUIET ends with the tantalising suggestion that the detective, after years of relentless, self-righteous violence, has literally lost his soul - and that the ultimate enemy has yet to come. I can't wait.' -- Irish Times 'Connolly is a master of suggestion, creating mood and suspense with ease, and unflinchingly presents a hard-eyed look at the horrors that can lurk in quiet, rustic settings. -- Publishers Weekly 'Very well researched and very sympathetically written; when the plot gets very dark, I find the author has the knack of lightening the mood. A fast moving thriller with shades of the supernatural.' -- New Books Magazine
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I found this book at Edinburgh Airport on my way home to Germany and I was really happy to have a good book for the journey. Connolly has written an excellent addition to the Charlie Parker series and thanks to this book, my journey home sped by as I was engrossed and gripped by the story.
Years earlier, a respected child psychologist called Dr Daniel Clay, who specialised in child abuse cases, disappeared after being accused of child abuse himself. His daughter, Rebecca Clay, considers him dead but now someone is stalking her and demanding to know where her father is. Frank Merrick's daughter went missing after being evaluated by Dr Clay and now that he is out of prison, Merrick wants to talk to Clay about what happened to his daughter. But he doesn't believe Rebecca when she says he is dead so she is forced to hire Charlie Parker to make Merrick go away.
Parker's marriage meanwhile is dead in the water and his wife & daughter have moved to Vermont. So he takes Clay's case as a way to distract himself from his worsening domestic situation. But as he delves deeper and deeper into the situation, he realises that this is not a simple case of harassment by Merrick. In fact, he begins to uncover a wide child abuse conspiracy reaching into the high levels of Maine society...
My only one complaint is that there is not much of Angel and Louis in the story. They appear only towards the end as during most of the book, they are on a "wine trip in California".
Still a great addition to the Charlie Parker series. Highly recommended!
Years earlier, a respected child psychologist called Dr Daniel Clay, who specialised in child abuse cases, disappeared after being accused of child abuse himself. His daughter, Rebecca Clay, considers him dead but now someone is stalking her and demanding to know where her father is. Frank Merrick's daughter went missing after being evaluated by Dr Clay and now that he is out of prison, Merrick wants to talk to Clay about what happened to his daughter. But he doesn't believe Rebecca when she says he is dead so she is forced to hire Charlie Parker to make Merrick go away.
Parker's marriage meanwhile is dead in the water and his wife & daughter have moved to Vermont. So he takes Clay's case as a way to distract himself from his worsening domestic situation. But as he delves deeper and deeper into the situation, he realises that this is not a simple case of harassment by Merrick. In fact, he begins to uncover a wide child abuse conspiracy reaching into the high levels of Maine society...
My only one complaint is that there is not much of Angel and Louis in the story. They appear only towards the end as during most of the book, they are on a "wine trip in California".
Still a great addition to the Charlie Parker series. Highly recommended!
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Diesmal braucht John Conolly eine wirklich lange Zeit. Ja, er begegnet seiner Tochter, seiner toten Ex-frau und sieht im Moos immer diese Leute, die einem ein wenig auf den Senkel gehen.
Ein wenig möchte man ihn drängeln...nananana, und was ist jetzt mit dem Killer, den alle ein bißchen lieb gewonnen haben?
Großartig sind alle Beschreibungen von Portland und Maine
und die Lakonik, mit der Dialoge geführt werden, ist wunderbar.
'yeah. There was that.'
Ein bißchen hofft man auf Robert B. Parker, der dann doch nicht wirklich kommt. Der hat keine Erscheinungen, ist aber trotzdem einer von den 'Rechten', uh, Gerechten.
Ich habe dieses Buch mit großem Vergnügen gelesen.
Und jedes weitere, dass John Connolly schreibt, werde ich ebenso vom Tisch der Neuerscheinungen reißen.
Es fällt manchmal schon sehr schwer, die Linie zu verstehen, die Connolly zu machen versucht zwischen dem 'Bösen' und dem 'Guten'. Da wird auf beiden Seiten gern jemand eleminiert. Auf der 'guten Seite' mit einem 'Pff-Pff', auf der 'bösen Seite' mit viel Akribie und Hingabe an Schrecklichkeit.
Die Begegnungen mit dem 'Jenseitigen' gehen einem irgendwann ein wenig auf die Nerven, wenn sie aufhören, suptil zu sein und so, dass wir uns noch an Kinderängste erinnern können, wo mancher Schatten tatsächlich wie ein Geist war, einer, den uns jemand gemalt hat.
- Aber dann, ein Schreiber ist seinen Lesern nicht wirklich verpflichtet. Verpflichtet ist er einem Verlag.
Ein wenig möchte man ihn drängeln...nananana, und was ist jetzt mit dem Killer, den alle ein bißchen lieb gewonnen haben?
Großartig sind alle Beschreibungen von Portland und Maine
und die Lakonik, mit der Dialoge geführt werden, ist wunderbar.
'yeah. There was that.'
Ein bißchen hofft man auf Robert B. Parker, der dann doch nicht wirklich kommt. Der hat keine Erscheinungen, ist aber trotzdem einer von den 'Rechten', uh, Gerechten.
Ich habe dieses Buch mit großem Vergnügen gelesen.
Und jedes weitere, dass John Connolly schreibt, werde ich ebenso vom Tisch der Neuerscheinungen reißen.
Es fällt manchmal schon sehr schwer, die Linie zu verstehen, die Connolly zu machen versucht zwischen dem 'Bösen' und dem 'Guten'. Da wird auf beiden Seiten gern jemand eleminiert. Auf der 'guten Seite' mit einem 'Pff-Pff', auf der 'bösen Seite' mit viel Akribie und Hingabe an Schrecklichkeit.
Die Begegnungen mit dem 'Jenseitigen' gehen einem irgendwann ein wenig auf die Nerven, wenn sie aufhören, suptil zu sein und so, dass wir uns noch an Kinderängste erinnern können, wo mancher Schatten tatsächlich wie ein Geist war, einer, den uns jemand gemalt hat.
- Aber dann, ein Schreiber ist seinen Lesern nicht wirklich verpflichtet. Verpflichtet ist er einem Verlag.
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"The only truth was that everybody lied."
25. Mai 2007
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John Connolly's "The Unquiet" is a dark and haunting tale with seamlessly blended elements: murder mystery, psychological suspense, and even a tinge of the supernatural. The first person narrator is Charlie Parker, the stereotypical brooding private detective with a tortured past. He has nearly gone mad with grief after the loss of his first wife and child, and is now unhappily separated from his second wife, Rachel, and their daughter, Sam. Charlie's newest client is Rebecca Clay, who wants to deter a stalker from harassing her and her daughter, Jenna. The man bothering Rebecca is Merrick, an extremely angry individual with a question that he wants answered: Where is Rebecca's father, Daniel Clay? Clay was a child psychiatrist who once worked with abused children; he was later accused of mishandling his cases, of being an abuser himself, and of possibly offering children to be victimized by others molesters. Rebecca insists that her father was a good man. In any case, she has not seen him in years, and has recently had him declared legally dead. Merrick thinks that Rebecca is lying.
Parker interviews Rebecca's ex-husband, Daniel Clay's lawyer, a child psychiatrist who disliked Clay and clashed with him professionally, and others who might be able to shed some light on who Daniel Clay really was and what became of him. Meanwhile, Parker, with the help of some hired muscle, tries to keep Rebecca safe, but he soon learns that no one can be shielded from certain relentless individuals who will not be denied their chance for revenge.
"The Unquiet" is an effective horror story that proves once again the truth of Shakespeare's statement: the evil that men do lives after them. Slowly and inexorably, Charlie Parker uncovers the horrifying misdeeds and unravels the tangled web of deceit that men without conscience created to shield themselves from justice. Inevitably, the past and the present converge, with predictably violent results. Although Connolly sets his novel in what some would consider the bucolic state of Maine, there is no peace in these pages. Maine is Stephen King territory, and the cold grip of terror permeates the narrative. There are ghosts--"hollow men" who appear again and again to terrify those unlucky enough to look into the dark holes where their eyes should be. Death is never far away in Connolly's tortured and atmospheric landscape. This book is a stylish and unsettling thriller with superior descriptive writing, memorable characters, and a bone-chilling conclusion.
Parker interviews Rebecca's ex-husband, Daniel Clay's lawyer, a child psychiatrist who disliked Clay and clashed with him professionally, and others who might be able to shed some light on who Daniel Clay really was and what became of him. Meanwhile, Parker, with the help of some hired muscle, tries to keep Rebecca safe, but he soon learns that no one can be shielded from certain relentless individuals who will not be denied their chance for revenge.
"The Unquiet" is an effective horror story that proves once again the truth of Shakespeare's statement: the evil that men do lives after them. Slowly and inexorably, Charlie Parker uncovers the horrifying misdeeds and unravels the tangled web of deceit that men without conscience created to shield themselves from justice. Inevitably, the past and the present converge, with predictably violent results. Although Connolly sets his novel in what some would consider the bucolic state of Maine, there is no peace in these pages. Maine is Stephen King territory, and the cold grip of terror permeates the narrative. There are ghosts--"hollow men" who appear again and again to terrify those unlucky enough to look into the dark holes where their eyes should be. Death is never far away in Connolly's tortured and atmospheric landscape. This book is a stylish and unsettling thriller with superior descriptive writing, memorable characters, and a bone-chilling conclusion.
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A Contrarian View: A Hollow Honeycomb
8. Juli 2007
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For the record, I'm a big fan of John Connolly. His mastery of the language is on par James Lee Burke, spinning imagery and atmospherics uncommon in the average thriller. Connolly can take off the gloves off and get as brutal and violent as Dennis Lehane, Robert Crais, or Lee Child, but an undercurrent of Irish melancholy softens the blow with cascading riffs of near-poetic prose. And if that's not enough, Connolly succeeds in weaving a supernatural dimension in private detective Charlie Parker's "honeycomb world", succeeding where so many have failed in striking the difficult balance between credible and creepy.
But for as much as I admire Connolly, I was disappointed in "The Unquiet", a needlessly long and convoluted tale of revenge and retribution that wallows under the weight of overindulgence in that which has made Connolly's fiction so refreshing and unique. In this installment, Parker is retained by Rebecca Clay to protect her from a mysterious stalker seeking answers about the fates of his daughter and Clay's child psychiatrist father, both long since disappeared. What seems to be a simple case of scaring off a bad guy spins by multiple threads into the shadowy and despicable world of child sexual abuse, leading to murder, deceit, and betrayal on that grand scale we associate with Connolly. An already complicated cast of characters and sub plots is further embellished by a mystical dose T.S. Elliot's "Hollow Men", while even managing to find a role for the ubiquitous Russian mob.
We know that Charlie "Bird" Parker is a tortured soul, but Parker's "Unquiet" anguish overpowers plot and setting. Colorful sidekicks Angel and Louis are relegated to nearly inconsequential roles, but are dull and listless even when given center stage. The ominous Louis seems more bored than menacing, while Parker plods through a truly horrific mystery distracted by his own past, haunted by guilt and floundering in self pity. What worked in previous Connolly novels - the ghoulish religious cults of Aroostook in "The Killing Kind" or the Mephistophelian villainy of "The Black Angel" - felt forced and fell flat in "The Unquiet".
John Connolly is too talented to write a bad novel and despite its weaknesses, "The Unquiet" is deeper and more interesting than the average thriller. But where previous Parker novels were page-turners, I was easily distracted while reading this one, an often tedious effort that had all the right elements, but missed in the delicate balance between action and atmosphere.
But for as much as I admire Connolly, I was disappointed in "The Unquiet", a needlessly long and convoluted tale of revenge and retribution that wallows under the weight of overindulgence in that which has made Connolly's fiction so refreshing and unique. In this installment, Parker is retained by Rebecca Clay to protect her from a mysterious stalker seeking answers about the fates of his daughter and Clay's child psychiatrist father, both long since disappeared. What seems to be a simple case of scaring off a bad guy spins by multiple threads into the shadowy and despicable world of child sexual abuse, leading to murder, deceit, and betrayal on that grand scale we associate with Connolly. An already complicated cast of characters and sub plots is further embellished by a mystical dose T.S. Elliot's "Hollow Men", while even managing to find a role for the ubiquitous Russian mob.
We know that Charlie "Bird" Parker is a tortured soul, but Parker's "Unquiet" anguish overpowers plot and setting. Colorful sidekicks Angel and Louis are relegated to nearly inconsequential roles, but are dull and listless even when given center stage. The ominous Louis seems more bored than menacing, while Parker plods through a truly horrific mystery distracted by his own past, haunted by guilt and floundering in self pity. What worked in previous Connolly novels - the ghoulish religious cults of Aroostook in "The Killing Kind" or the Mephistophelian villainy of "The Black Angel" - felt forced and fell flat in "The Unquiet".
John Connolly is too talented to write a bad novel and despite its weaknesses, "The Unquiet" is deeper and more interesting than the average thriller. But where previous Parker novels were page-turners, I was easily distracted while reading this one, an often tedious effort that had all the right elements, but missed in the delicate balance between action and atmosphere.
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exceptional addition to the Parker series
1. Juni 2007
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If you've never read a Charlie Parker novel, I urge you to quickly open up a search page for Amazon (or run to your fave bookstore, whichever is your preference) and begin reading. I read many books each year, but few stand out in my memory like the Parker novels.
That said, I must admit that the last one seemed a bit of departure to me, with its much broader scope and its heavy-duty philosophical and historical bent. I enjoyed it tremendously, but I enjoyed this one even more because it's much more like the earlier ones I loved so much.
We begin this book with Parker separated from Rachel and Sam, a separation that seems to be inching towards permanence, and one that causes Parker great pain but about which he feels relatively powerless, I think. What separates him from Rachel is something that he can't immediately control or maybe even fully understand because doing so would involve digging very deeply into his own psyche.
In this novel, Parker's forced to confront that psyche, the way his own decisions have led to his isolation from some of the people he loves best, from sanity, even. The ghosts of his dead first wife and daughter continue to haunt him, but his understanding of that haunting changes. I won't give away any major plot points here, but I will tell you that it's good to see Parker becoming more self-aware, not just in the sense that he knows he's flawed but in the sense that he has some control over how his experiences shape him and follow him into his future.
Angel and Louis show up, which is a good thing, as I like them both as characters. They're funny even in their cold-blooded murderous moments. But they're also human, and it's good to see them covering Parker's back as they always do.
The Collector returns, and I must admit to being enthralled by this character as well. He serves both as a catalyst for Parker's increased self-awareness and for Parker's self-doubts and even self-loathing. He also helps move the plot along in a logical and compelling way.
Other characters continue to guide the reader over complex psychological terrain. If you thought Louis and Angel were studies in contrasts and grey areas, wait until you encounter Merrick here. This man, a killer who carries with him the reek of the abattoir, has a moral code that makes it hard to consider him the bad guy that he is. So, too, the Collector. You want to run screaming in the opposite direction at the same time that you are thinking, "dammit, I kind of. . .GET where he's coming from."
The themes of child sexual abuse and adults' inability to confront the damage they inflict on children in order to serve their own twisted agendas are as compelling as always, especially when Mr. Connolly weaves in history and the backgrounds of his characters to make more powerful and intriguing connections.
I've been told that consistently rating Mr. Connolly's work with 5 stars may look as though I can't rate very objectively, but here's the thing: Mr. Connolly's writing, in particular the Parker series, is some of the best I've ever read, and so far there's been not one major misstep on the writer's part. I continue to enjoy reading about Charlie, laughing at his wit, learning more about his circle of friends and defenders, and witnessing his struggle to achieve some lasting level of happiness. Perhaps it's that last one most of all that always makes me wait with great anticipation for the next book in the series.
That said, I must admit that the last one seemed a bit of departure to me, with its much broader scope and its heavy-duty philosophical and historical bent. I enjoyed it tremendously, but I enjoyed this one even more because it's much more like the earlier ones I loved so much.
We begin this book with Parker separated from Rachel and Sam, a separation that seems to be inching towards permanence, and one that causes Parker great pain but about which he feels relatively powerless, I think. What separates him from Rachel is something that he can't immediately control or maybe even fully understand because doing so would involve digging very deeply into his own psyche.
In this novel, Parker's forced to confront that psyche, the way his own decisions have led to his isolation from some of the people he loves best, from sanity, even. The ghosts of his dead first wife and daughter continue to haunt him, but his understanding of that haunting changes. I won't give away any major plot points here, but I will tell you that it's good to see Parker becoming more self-aware, not just in the sense that he knows he's flawed but in the sense that he has some control over how his experiences shape him and follow him into his future.
Angel and Louis show up, which is a good thing, as I like them both as characters. They're funny even in their cold-blooded murderous moments. But they're also human, and it's good to see them covering Parker's back as they always do.
The Collector returns, and I must admit to being enthralled by this character as well. He serves both as a catalyst for Parker's increased self-awareness and for Parker's self-doubts and even self-loathing. He also helps move the plot along in a logical and compelling way.
Other characters continue to guide the reader over complex psychological terrain. If you thought Louis and Angel were studies in contrasts and grey areas, wait until you encounter Merrick here. This man, a killer who carries with him the reek of the abattoir, has a moral code that makes it hard to consider him the bad guy that he is. So, too, the Collector. You want to run screaming in the opposite direction at the same time that you are thinking, "dammit, I kind of. . .GET where he's coming from."
The themes of child sexual abuse and adults' inability to confront the damage they inflict on children in order to serve their own twisted agendas are as compelling as always, especially when Mr. Connolly weaves in history and the backgrounds of his characters to make more powerful and intriguing connections.
I've been told that consistently rating Mr. Connolly's work with 5 stars may look as though I can't rate very objectively, but here's the thing: Mr. Connolly's writing, in particular the Parker series, is some of the best I've ever read, and so far there's been not one major misstep on the writer's part. I continue to enjoy reading about Charlie, laughing at his wit, learning more about his circle of friends and defenders, and witnessing his struggle to achieve some lasting level of happiness. Perhaps it's that last one most of all that always makes me wait with great anticipation for the next book in the series.
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