Author: John Connolly Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Award winners, Thriller, Horror, Suspense
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ISBNs: 9780743456395 0743456394 |
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John Connolly thrilled readers with his bestselling novels, "Every Dead Thing, Dark Hollow," and "The Killing Kind." Now he delivers spellbinding suspense as Charlie Parker races to unravel a brutal crime committed in the Deep South. After years of suffering unfathomable pain and guilt over the murders of his wife and daughter, private detective Charlie Parker has finally found some measure of peace. As he and his lover, Rachel, are awaiting the birth of their first child and settling into an old farmhouse in rural Maine, Parker has found the kind of solace often lost to those who have been touched by true evil.
But darkness soon descends when Parker gets a call from Elliot Norton, an old friend from his days as a detective with the NYPD. Now practicing law in Charleston, South Carolina, Elliot is defending a young black man accused of raping and killing his white girlfriend, the daughter of a powerful Southern millionaire. Reluctantly, Parker agrees to help Elliot and by doing so ventures into a living nightmare, a bloody dreamscape haunted by the specter of a hooded woman and a black car waiting for a passenger who never arrives. Beginning as an investigation into a young woman's death, it is a fast-moving descent into an abyss where forces conspire to destroy all that Parker holds dear.
Hailed as a "master storyteller" "(The London Express)" by critics stateside and abroad, Connolly has once again delivered a riveting and suspenseful story that draws readers toward the horrifying crossroads of the past and present, of the living and the dead. "We are trapped not only by our own history but by the histories of all those with whom we choose to share our lives," hewrites. As chillingly as it is beautifully rendered, "The White Road" is sure to tread a frightening path for even the most world-weary crime fiction fan.
This book is part of the "Charlie Parker" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "A Song of Shadows" First published in 2015 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Wolf in Winter" First published in 2014 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Reapers" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Unquiet" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Black Angel" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Killing Kind" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dark Hollow" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Every Dead Thing" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Whisperers" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Lovers" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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