The White Road
On sale
5th May 2022
Price: £10.99
The Barry Award, 2003
Genre
EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.
In South Carolina, a young man faces the death penalty for the killing 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 make 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, a fanatical preacher is about to take his revenge, as is 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.
From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker thriller yet.
‘A cracking read from an excellent and highly original writer’ Sunday Independent
The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. The White Road is the fourth book in this globally bestselling series.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.
In South Carolina, a young man faces the death penalty for the killing 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 make 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, a fanatical preacher is about to take his revenge, as is 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.
From the number one Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author John Connolly comes the most compelling and unsettling Charlie Parker thriller yet.
‘A cracking read from an excellent and highly original writer’ Sunday Independent
The Charlie Parker novels can be read and enjoyed in any order. The White Road is the fourth book in this globally bestselling series.
Newsletter Signup
By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
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.
