Whisperers

A Charlie Parker Mystery

By: John Connolly

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

"'Oh, little one,' he whispered, as he gently stroked her cheek, the first time he had touched her in 15 years. What have they done to you? What have they done to us all?"

In his latest dark and chilling Charlie Parker thriller, New York Times best-selling author John Connolly takes us to the border between Maine and Canada. It is there, in the vast and porous Great North Woods, that a dangerous smuggling operation is taking place, run by a group of disenchanted former soldiers, newly returned from Iraq. Illicit goods - drugs, cash, weapons, even people - are changing hands. And something else has changed hands. Something ancient and powerful and evil.

The authorities suspect something is amiss, but what they can't know is that it is infinitely stranger and more terrifying than anyone can imagine. Anyone, that is, except private detective Charlie Parker, who has his own intimate knowledge of the darkness in men's hearts. As the smugglers begin to die, one after another, in apparent suicides, Parker is called in to stop the bloodletting. The soldiers actions and the objects they have smuggled have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod, a man with a taste for the strange. And where Herod goes, so too does the shadowy figure that he calls the Captain. To defeat them, Parker must form an uneasy alliance with a man he fears more than any other - the killer known as the Collector.

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©2010 John Connolly (P)2010 Simon & Schuster

Critic reviews

"Connolly displays a real knack for fusing the detective and horror genres, providing a rational chain of evidence and deduction for the plot while simultaneously creating a real atmosphere of numinous dread that reminds us that mystery can refer to more than a mundane tale of crime and human justice." ( Publishers Weekly)

Oh my gosh!

Yuck,eek, wired, and yet I just could not stop listening. It was so intriguing. It shows the nature of people throughout time will always be the same. The temptation of greed for treasure and riches will always tempt us. We never change do we?

okay book

the story jumped around a lot it was difficult to follow struggles a little bit to get it to the end of the book narrations good

Narrator too young

This was not the voice of Charlie Parker. After just finishing The Lovers, this sounded like a cheap knock-off.

Listened twice.<br /><br />

Usually I buy both audio and printed versions of books.' The Whispers' is a book to be read and worth listening to at least twice.

need Jeff harding version

Would you try another book from John Connolly and/or Holter Graham?

love john connolly hate holter graham

Who was your favorite character and why?

Charlie always

What didn’t you like about Holter Graham’s performance?

too young Jeff harding is the best for Charlie

Could you see Whisperers being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

yes

Thank you!

First of all, I would like to send a heart felt "Thank you!" to anyone who participated in the decision to produce this in unabridged format. That made me very happy! I also cannot say enough good words about Holter Graham. His capture of the mid Maine accent is very nearly perfect, and the other Maine accents he uses are very good as well. Having myself had family here in Bethel for many generations, and being someone who laments the loss of our cultural heritage in our "lingo", I sincerely appreciate his nuanced performance. I hope to see more of his work! Now to the story - Mr. Connolly has created another book I will read again and again, as I do the others in the Parker series. I was grateful to find some of the action set in Western Maine, and I hope he used the large archives of the Bethel Historical Society for research. Thank you to all for this enjoyable "read"! I am already looking for the next in the series. *nudge, nudge*

awful narrator!

I love john Connolly and the charlie parker novels. However, this one was by far my least favorite. I'm not sure if it was the narrator who ruined the book for me (he certainly didnt make it better!) or if the story line just wasnt as captivating as the previous ones but not my favorite.

Parker Still Spooky, but the Setting Slow

Where does Whisperers rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Whisperers ranks in the top 20%. John Connolly is an imaginative and haunting storyteller.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Whisperers?

Parker's recalling of his grandfather's friend's story about why he does not go into the deep woods of Maine.

Which scene was your favorite?

When Angel and Louis save a veteran and his girlfriend from the badguys.

Excellent writing

Not the right narrator, unfortunately. I like Graham, don't get me wrong. But his voice is wrong for the Parker series. I was thrown.

Iraqi Artifacts Come to Maine

The father of a veteran wants Charlie to look into the cause of his son's suicide. Trafficking in stone Iraqi artifacts is only a part of the problem for Charlie to handle. As usual, Louis and Angel have his back and evil gets a shellacking. Great audiobook.