The Black Angel

Another excellent instalment of the Charlie Parker series. I didn't think this series could get any darker but here we are. It does plod a little at times, there are huge chunks about some of the darker elements of European history and those chunks do feel like you are reading another book (intentionally) BUT they are important to the mythology of the story.

I did really enjoy this, in a way it's more like the first CP novel and it does lack the tension and cohesion of the previous 3 novels, the pace is a lot slower, there's no build up to a conclusion and you just sort of arrive at the end, then it's all over in 4 pages. It really does sort of feel like this is the start of something new.... Happy ending for someone but not Charlie.

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