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The White Road
by John Connolly
'The White Road' is actually a sequel to the previous book in the Charlie Parker series, 'The Killing Kind'. These two are books 3 and 4 in the series, and they should be read in sequence, but the earlier books are also referenced in the story quite frequently as well. Given these circumstances, gentle reader, before reading 'The White Road', I must insist the the previous books be read, in order, before this one, beginning with [b:Every Dead Thing|175242|Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1)|John Connolly|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1393929687s/175242.jpg|890720]. Ignoring my advice may cause a severe lack of enjoyment in reading this book due to confusion.
Rachel and Charlie Parker are expecting their first child. They have bought a Scarborough, Maine farmhouse near ancient salt marshes and they are happy! Yes, happy! Oh, the misery of Parker's clients continues to keep Parker busy, but the presence of Rachel along with the expectation of the birth of his baby has partially insulated him from the dark nature of his work as a private detective. He seems to draw clients with the bleakest problems!
Perhaps Elliot Norton, attorney and old friend from the days when Parker was a police detective, has a reason to be calling from Charleston, South Carolina for Charlie's help which does not involve torture, rape and violent death! Gentle reader, as much as I hate to disturb your tranquility, I'm afraid such hopes are in vain.
Oh well. Charlie was feeling a bit tense. Solving murders takes the edge off. Perhaps a little trip to South Carolina will help ease his mind over the still incomplete case of the fanatical Baptists. The monstrous murderer from the previous story, Reverend Faulkner, is only temporarily incarcerated while waiting trial for his crimes. He has a good chance at making bail since the evidence against him is distressingly thin. If Charlie can arrange protection for Rachel, which he can, then he and his good friends Louis and Angel, assassin and thief respectively, can accompany him down to South Carolina and help Elliot.
Parker finds himself in the center of many deaths trying to uncover the truth behind a horrible killing in which racism appears to be the cause. But the question is, whose racism? Did Norton's client, Atys Jones, an impoverished black man, kill his white girlfriend, Marianne Larouse, daughter of rich industrialist Earl Larouse? Did the remnants of the KKK, members of whom still are in residence around the swamps and towns of South Carolina, decide to frame Atys after killing Marianne? Or was the death connected somehow to the ongoing feud of generations between the Jones and Larouse families, created by 'the peculiar institution' of slavery in the previous century?
Parker, who inexplicably can see dead people since the murders of his wife and three-year-old daughter a few years ago, finds his new ability may be expanding into seeing evil beings flying about. He really doesn't care to know any more about this ability, so he ignores it as much as possible. Unfortunately, the land of South Carolina is drenched in the blood of dead slaves....
Rachel and Charlie Parker are expecting their first child. They have bought a Scarborough, Maine farmhouse near ancient salt marshes and they are happy! Yes, happy! Oh, the misery of Parker's clients continues to keep Parker busy, but the presence of Rachel along with the expectation of the birth of his baby has partially insulated him from the dark nature of his work as a private detective. He seems to draw clients with the bleakest problems!
Perhaps Elliot Norton, attorney and old friend from the days when Parker was a police detective, has a reason to be calling from Charleston, South Carolina for Charlie's help which does not involve torture, rape and violent death! Gentle reader, as much as I hate to disturb your tranquility, I'm afraid such hopes are in vain.
Oh well. Charlie was feeling a bit tense. Solving murders takes the edge off. Perhaps a little trip to South Carolina will help ease his mind over the still incomplete case of the fanatical Baptists. The monstrous murderer from the previous story, Reverend Faulkner, is only temporarily incarcerated while waiting trial for his crimes. He has a good chance at making bail since the evidence against him is distressingly thin. If Charlie can arrange protection for Rachel, which he can, then he and his good friends Louis and Angel, assassin and thief respectively, can accompany him down to South Carolina and help Elliot.
Parker finds himself in the center of many deaths trying to uncover the truth behind a horrible killing in which racism appears to be the cause. But the question is, whose racism? Did Norton's client, Atys Jones, an impoverished black man, kill his white girlfriend, Marianne Larouse, daughter of rich industrialist Earl Larouse? Did the remnants of the KKK, members of whom still are in residence around the swamps and towns of South Carolina, decide to frame Atys after killing Marianne? Or was the death connected somehow to the ongoing feud of generations between the Jones and Larouse families, created by 'the peculiar institution' of slavery in the previous century?
Parker, who inexplicably can see dead people since the murders of his wife and three-year-old daughter a few years ago, finds his new ability may be expanding into seeing evil beings flying about. He really doesn't care to know any more about this ability, so he ignores it as much as possible. Unfortunately, the land of South Carolina is drenched in the blood of dead slaves....