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The White Road

A Charlie Parker Thriller

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The White Road

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Paul Birchard
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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.
Thriller & Suspense Private Investigators Mystery Crime Detective Murder Suspense Thriller Fiction Exciting Haunted Scary
Engrossing Storyline • Amazing Writing • Authentic Maine Accent • Distinctive Character Voices • Complex Plot

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A lot of moving parts with this book but still a terrific story , hope this continues

They get better

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This book is engrossing, and will draw you in from the first page. The Charlie Parker series keeps getting better and better!

Fabulous!

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At first I wasn’t sure what to expect because I have favorite narrators. But the narrator sucked me in! His work with accents and making each character their own helped bring the story alive. He even added laughs and different inflections and emotions that other narrators dumped which at times made me laugh and made the story that much better. I love the story overall as I am hooked on the Charlie Parker novels and can’t wait to start the next.

It sucked me in!

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Mayor Quimby was wicked awesome as Charlie Parker or Charlie Paaahka. Well he did better as Louis this time.

new voice

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I love the Charlie Parker books but the narration by Paul Birchard made the audio version unbearable. The narrator did not cleanly transition Charlie's "Maine" accent between the other characters making it very difficult to discern who was speaking. This is exacerbated by a complex plot that shifts between different storylines. The supporting characters of Angel and Louie are absolutely destroyed by the narration. I have never given up on a book solely because of a narrator until now...but I had to return the audio version and buy a hard copy because Paul Birchard was not able to convey this story. Disappointed.

Good book, but buy the hard copy

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