White Road

Private Investigator Charlie Parker takes on evil in the fourth novel in the globally bestselling series

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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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 . . . --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

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Utgivningsdatum2003-01-06
Mått127 x 198 x 27 mm
Vikt278 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCharlie Parker Thriller
Antal sidor400
FörlagHodder & Stoughton
ISBN9781444704716
UtmärkelserWinner of The Barry Award 2003 (UK)

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John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly's debut - EVERY DEAD THING - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC: Nocturnes Vol 2.In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.