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The Children of Eve

A Charlie Parker Thriller, Book 22

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The Children of Eve

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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'Connolly grips like a vice and he's an extraordinary storyteller' Crime Time
'One of the best thriller writers we have' Harlan Coben

Wyatt Riggins, the boyfriend of rising Maine artist Zetta Nadeau, has gone missing, leaving behind a cell phone containing a single-word message: RUN.

Private investigator Charlie Parker is hired to find out why Riggins has fled, and from whom.

Parker discovers that Riggins, an ex-soldier, has been involved in the abduction of four children from Mexico: three girls and a boy, all belonging to the cartel boss Blas Urrea - except Urrea's family is safe and well in Mexico, which means the abductees cannot be his children. Yet whoever they are, Urrea wants them back, and has dispatched his agents to secure them, even if it means butchering everyone who stands in their way.

One of those agents is Eugene Seeley, a clever, ruthless solver of other men's problems. The other is an unknown woman.

Every child has a mother. Now Charlie Parker will face one unlike any other, and learn the terrifying truth about the Children of Eve.

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Having read then listened once the books became available in audio format to all the books in the series, it's great to see he's back on track again. This is one of my favorite series so I always look forward to a new addition to it. The previous three books I hate to say compared to others in the series I felt a bit let down (still great compared to most authors but Connolly has set a very high bar for himself) so I was concerned he was running out of ideas.
Well, I'm happy to be proven wrong, this is up there with the best of them and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't want to give anything away, so I will just say it will be interesting to see how the new element will be integrated into the next book. I think its clever as it will open up more possibilities to the series.

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love Charlie Parker, keep them coming please, they are the highlight of my year's listening

Fantastic listen

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Been reading Charlie for around 20 years now. No other books or Author like these. Best ever 🤩

What an ending!

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Another great installment from author, you can see he's taking us back to the original story of Charlie. Narration by Jeff Harding is perfection - I've heard him do other books, but he IS Charlie Parker for me.

Amazing as always!

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Rambling tale with no real direction. It ended so suddenly I had to rewind it to re listen.

Bit of a word salad but ok. Not as good as his previous books

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