false 175244 10 Hailed as "one of the best" (<I>Toronto Sun</I>) writers of contemporary suspense fiction, international bestselling author John Connolly returns with an electrifying novel featuring his acclaimed private detective, Charlie Parker.<P>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, deeply rooted in old evil -- and old evil is Charlie Parker's specialty. He's about to enter a living nightmare, a dreamscape of sorrow haunted by the murderous specter of a hooded woman, by a black car waiting for a passenger that never comes, and by the sinister complicity of both friends and enemies in Larousse's brutal death. Soon, all will face a final reckoning in an unearthly realm where the paths of the living and the dead converge. A place known only as the White Road.<P> 441678 book 2002 The White Road (Charlie Parker, #4) total:341|5:2|4:5|3:11|2:1|1:0| 341 1356 468 20 4 0 false true Thu Apr 16 10:37:29 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 10:48:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 11:00:35 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:55:49 -0700 2009
Connolly returns with another Charlie Parker book and delievers again. This story involves characters from his previous The Killing Kind and picks up rather well. The story is good and the evil is still there.

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Rachel seems less of a full person in this book, more of a cardboard side character.
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First, this is the fourth installement of his Charlie Parker series, and “The White Road” is littered with several references to pa...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 13 13:40:21 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 02 18:41:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 15:49:51 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 15:51:58 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 06:31:06 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 03:22:44 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 16:50:25 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 16:54:25 -0700 2008
When I'm reading this sort of quick easy fiction I want the story to flow quickly. This one felt like it jumped around a bit, I don't think it was always necessary or added to the story, I found it distracting sometimes.

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After the first three books I didn't even think that was possible. But yes, this was lovely and more coherent and focussed than its predecessors. I sort of miss the organised crime links, but this book's loud "RACISM IS BAD, MMKAY?"...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon May 05 08:40:25 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 08:41:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 23 17:33:54 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 08 08:33:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 23 20:19:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 18:32:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 01:17:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 06:02:32 -0700 2009