num_pages: 395
description: When former New York City detective Charlie Parker is pulled into the search for a missing woman, he finds insight into the murderer responsible for the slayings of his own wife and daughter -- a monster/artist/serial killer who uses the human body as his canvas and takes faces as his prize. Aided by a beautiful young psychologist and two career killers, Parker becomes the bait in a trap set in the Louisiana bayous and faces a brutal confrontation with the killer known only as the Traveling Man.
language: English
title: Every Dead Thing
titlecomplete: Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)
characters: Charlie Parker
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Horror, Mystery Thriller, Paranormal, Supernatural, Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 29589
series: Charlie Parker
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best British Crime Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel
publisher: Simon & Schuster