THE WHISPERERS

In the ninth Charlie Parker novel, the private investigator is hired by the father of a recently returned Iraqi war veteran who commits suicide. Parker soon discovers that other members of Damian Pachett's unit have also killed themselves. Were these soldiers smuggling stolen artifacts out of Iraq for profit? The story continues a trend that current writers are now focusing on—the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. Connolly intermingles the supernatural and the search for a golden artifact, and the complex plot is a pleasure to follow. Holter Graham’s narration is clear, solid, and fast paced. He's excellent at the foreign accents involved, and he makes the mysterious scary when needed. He's at his best in the last third of this offering and sometimes sounds as surprised at those events as the listener is. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2010]