Irish-born best-selling mystery writer John Connolly's latest thriller "The Killing Kind" revolves around a woman who may have committed suicide. Trouble is, no one seems to want to believe this - certainly not Connolly's recurring hero, private detective Charlie Parker, who has been hired to investigate the circumstances of Grace's death. But when a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the final resting place of a religious community that disappeared almost 40 years earlier, Parker slowly realizes that these deaths might be part of the same mystery. Connolly's first novel, "Every Dead Thing," was published in 1999, and introduced the world to Charlie Parker, a former policeman (who despite his name, does not even like jazz) hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. "Dark Hollow" followed in 2000 and this third Parker novel ably stands right next to Connolly's prior books. ($25 / 638 pages / Pocket Books)