The White Road
On sale
18th September 2008
Price: £10.99
The Barry Award, 2003
Genre
There is no hope of death for these souls . . .
In South Carolina, a young black man faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. But this case runs deeper, into the dark history of the American South.
Investigating the mystery, Charlie Parker is suffocated by its dark spectres: a murderous hooded woman, an anonymous black car, and an old enemy sitting in a cold prison cell plotting his revenge.
These threads will converge, on the burial mound of lost souls. On the path where the living and the dead intersect.
On the White Road . . .
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Praise for The White Road:
‘A darkly atmospheric and menacing tale’
Irish Times
‘A cracking read’
Sunday Independent
‘Powerful’
Sunday Times
‘An assured, sophisticated tale . . . Exciting, but bittersweet’
The Times
In South Carolina, a young black man faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. But this case runs deeper, into the dark history of the American South.
Investigating the mystery, Charlie Parker is suffocated by its dark spectres: a murderous hooded woman, an anonymous black car, and an old enemy sitting in a cold prison cell plotting his revenge.
These threads will converge, on the burial mound of lost souls. On the path where the living and the dead intersect.
On the White Road . . .
—
Praise for The White Road:
‘A darkly atmospheric and menacing tale’
Irish Times
‘A cracking read’
Sunday Independent
‘Powerful’
Sunday Times
‘An assured, sophisticated tale . . . Exciting, but bittersweet’
The Times
Reviews
Connolly has honed the private eye's instincts into a sensibility of palpable evil that makes a strong core to this intelligent thriller.
A powerful piece of American gothic with an arresting double ending.
One of the fastest-paced and most complex thrillers . . . A cracking read from an excellent and highly original writer.
One of the most distinguished practitioners of US crime-writing. The book synthesises literate, poetic writing with scarifying grue.
What makes Parker intriguing is precisely that, though a crusader against evil, he has a dark side: he is haunted by the past, his capacity for violence and guilt.
Dark, menacing, yet at times almost poetic, The White Road enthrals . . . literate, yet fast-paced
'A wonderfully written literary work . . . A must read for Parker fans, and fans of well written prose.
Consummate crime writing and chilling suspense
Another masterpiece
Connolly has honed the private eye's instincts into a sensibility of palpable evil that makes a strong core to this intelligent thriller.
A powerful piece of American gothic with an arresting double ending.
One of the fastest-paced and most complex thrillers . . . A cracking read from an excellent and highly original writer.
Connolly has honed the private eye's instincts into a sensibility of palpable evil that makes a strong core to this intelligent thriller.
A powerful piece of American gothic with an arresting double ending.
One of the fastest-paced and most complex thrillers . . . A cracking read from an excellent and highly original writer.
