The White Road, John Connolly
The White Road, John Connolly
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The White Road
A Charlie Parker Thriller

Author: John Connolly

Narrator: Paul Birchard

Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/09/2014


Synopsis

Internationally bestselling author John Connolly takes readers into the dark world of private detective Charlie Parker, whose deadly fight against evil begins when the daughter of a South Carolina millionaire is raped and murdered.

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. It's a case that nobody wants to touch, a case with its roots in old evil, and old evil is private detective Charlie Parker's speciality.

But Parker is about to enter a living nightmare, a red dreamscape haunted by the murderous spectre of a hooded woman, by a black car waiting for a passenger that never comes, and by the complicity of both friends and enemies in the events surrounding Marianne Larousse's death. This is not an investigation. This is a descent into the abyss, a confrontation with dark forces that threaten all that Parker holds dear: his lover, his unborn child, even his soul...

For in a prison cell far to the north, an old adversary is about to take his revenge on Charlie Parker, its instruments the very men that Parker is hunting, and a strange, hunched creature that keeps its own secrets buried by a riverbank: the undiscovered killer Cyrus Nairn.

Soon, all of these figures will face a final reckoning in southern swamps and northern forests, in distant locations linked by a single thread, a place where the paths of the living and the dead converge.

A place known only as the White Road.

About John Connolly

Dublin, Ireland born author, John Connolly, like many other authors, has held many jobs before solely dedicating his professional career to writing. He worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter, and a department store (Harrod's) gofer. His studies included English and Journalism, and spent five years as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times newspaper. He wrote his first novel, "Every Dead Thing", which was published in 1999. This began the introduction of his now famous main character, Charlie Parker. Charlie is considered to be a sort of anti-hero type, a former police officer who was forever hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. A total of fourteen books were written (through 2016) with Charlie Parker as the main character. The last three books made a change from being told in the first person of Parker, to being told by a third party person's point of view.

Connolly also published other thriller novels outside the Parker series. One such novel was about a young boy's coming-of-age journey through a fantasy of life during World War II England. Film adaptations of some of his works have been procured and will be made for film in the future. The first to appear to audiences was somewhat based on one of his short stories, "The New Daughter", and starred Kevin Costner and Ivana Bauquero.

In 2009, Connolly wrote his first novel geared specifically to younger readers, "The Gates", followed in 2011 by sequels, "Hell's Bells" (UK), and "The Infernals" (US), and "The Creeps" in 2013.

John Connolly's home base is still in Dublin, but he does divide his working time between there and the United States, which is where the Charlie Parker series takes place.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rodrigo on July 30, 2023

Otra fantástica novela de John, creo que voy a dejar a parte mi imparcialidad y es que me encanta como escribe este autor. Lo que parecía un caso "sencillo" se complica y toma dimensiones colosales con otros casos del pasado, que estaban sin resolver, todo esta conectado. Incluso la némesis de nuestr......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on July 26, 2019

It took me a lot longer than usual to write this review, which is odd for me. Mostly because, despite this book being more than 10 years old, the sad fact was that some of the old South conflicts are just as fresh (and disturbing) as what’s been playing on CNN nightly. Yes, this is a dark thriller.......more

Goodreads review by John on December 17, 2022

[Read July 2018; Reviewed Oct 2022] In my copy of The White Road [Emily Bester Books, 2015] John Connolly states in his Author’s Introduction that this entry is “the closest thing to a sequel in the [Charlie] Parker series.” He also writes: “You can still read this book, but you'll probably get more......more

Goodreads review by Javier on August 11, 2023

Nada nuevo bajo el sol. Continúan las investigaciones de Charlie Parker, siempre al límite de todo. Con su humor irónico, su chulería, sus amigos que le sacan las castañas del fuego, y una trama que comienza sencilla, pero que se complica de la hostia. El patrón siempre es el mismo, la verdad; pero......more