{"id":193,"date":"2012-01-02T19:27:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T01:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/?p=193"},"modified":"2012-01-02T19:27:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T01:27:41","slug":"p-j-parrish-the-killing-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/p-j-parrish-the-killing-song\/","title":{"rendered":"P.J. Parrish: The Killing Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While this isn\u2019t in P.J. Parrish\u2019s fine Louis Kincaid series, they (the sisters who make up P.J, Parrish) are pretty expert at whatever they turn their hands to, and this novel is no exception. It\u2019s a serial killer novel with their own special twist. Their main character is a reporter, Matt Owens, who loses his sister to the killer early on in the book. The scenes of Matt\u2019s search for his sister, and of his and his parent\u2019s grief, is so movingly done that I was crying so hard (at the laundromat, no less) I had to put the book down for a bit. It\u2019s this grief that sets this novel apart from any other serial killer novel. I guess what I really mean is that by having Matt\u2019s sister be one of the victims, as a reader, you are fully invested in what happens, and totally behind Matt as he spares nothing in his search for his sister\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n

That said, this is a thriller of a ride, with a very clever killer at the center who uses songs and music as clues. Bodies turn up everywhere – Miami (Matt\u2019s sister), London, Paris, Scotland – and the book takes you on a whirlwind tour of the globe, though the main focus is Paris. Matt manages to connect with first an old colleague, now living in Paris, and then with the cop in charge of one of the cases, Eve, though it\u2019s an early case that haunts her, and in her own way, she\u2019s as obsessed and focused as Matt.<\/p>\n

The combination of standard police work, off the books police work, and Matt\u2019s reporting skills take the pair farther and faster than they might have done either separately or working through official channels. The layering in of Matt\u2019s life, Eve\u2019s life, and the inter-cutting of scenes inside the mind of the killer make for an absolutely compelling read. As the novel utilizes and comes back to the Paris sewer system – they are the holding center for millions of bones placed there after city cemeteries got too full hundreds of years ago – the overlay of the story is very gothic and atmospheric. By the last third of the book I found it impossible to do anything but read. This is a great read, and perfect for an airplane or the beach or simply curling up on your sofa with at the end of a long day. I recommend using Google Images to look up photos of the sewer system – amazing and creepy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While this isn\u2019t in P.J. Parrish\u2019s fine Louis Kincaid series, they (the sisters who make up P.J, Parrish) are pretty expert at whatever they turn their hands to, and this novel is no exception. It\u2019s a serial killer novel with their own special twist. Their main character is a reporter, Matt Owens, who loses his … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-suspensethriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}