Bad Men

A Thriller

By: John Connolly

Narrated by: Hayward Morse

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly masterfully intertwines mystery, emotion, violence, and the supernatural in this raw and gripping thriller.

He has been told the girl’s last words, and he feels unaccountably afraid. The dead ones. They were dead, but they had lights. Why do the dead need light?

Three hundred years ago, the settlers on the small Maine island of Sanctuary were betrayed to their enemies and slaughtered. Since then, the island has known peace. Until now. A gang of four men are descending on Sanctuary, intent on committing a brutal and relentless massacre. All that stands in their way are rookie police officer Sharon Macie and the strange, troubled officer Joe Dupree. But Joe is no ordinary policeman. He knows the island has been steeped in blood once and that it will never again tolerate the shedding of innocent blood. The band of killers who are set to desecrate Sanctuary will unleash the fury of its ghosts upon themselves and all who stand by them. On Sanctuary, all hell is about to break loose...

Excellent story telling.

excellent story telling. Ending was not as expected but still good. You have to be open to more recent
Steven King like fantasy/horror tells.

I hoped for better

Narrator was amazing!!!! I had hoped for better from Connolly, not this time. Bye for now

Connolly visits “over-the-top”

As a huge Charlie Parker fan, I thought Bad Men was going to be nice. Sadly, while the story was built on an interesting premise, the graphic physical and sexual violence was counterproductive in my view. Admittedly , the CP stories have visited the same strange violence, but Bad Men was steeped in the same, and there was no redemption or triumph waiting at the conclusion. Almost every hero suffers the same fate as every villain and that’s a disappointing homage to the nihilism so much current literature seems to exalt. Disappointed

HORRIBLE NARRATION!!!!!

Connolly can do no wrong in my book! Unless he lets Hayward Morse narrate another of his books! I couldn't concentrate on the storyline as much since I was trying to wade through the wide range of "Simpson-esque", cartoon-like character voices assigned to the the story's characters. Several of the characters had accents that made no sense whatsoever. Morse's general narration voice was good but when he voiced an individual it was aggravating as hell, like he was struggling to win a middle-school talent show, doing unrecognizable imitations and impersonations. Was it just me or was Sharon Macy portrayed as an over exaggerated Katharine Hepburn from "Philadelphia Story"?

As far as the story... LONG LIVE JOHN CONNOLLY!!!!!

Terrible narration

Love Connelly! Story is terrific as always. I hate to jump on someone just doing his best but wow! The voices were soooo hard to listen to. Exaggerated extreme cartoon characters with super weird accents. The women were weirdly high and Dupree weirdly low. Somehow Macy was Katherine Hepburn for no reason. Why?? Ugh. Made for a tough listen.