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The White Road

A Charlie Parker Thriller, Book 4

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The White Road

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Paul Birchard
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About this listen

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 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 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.

©2002 John Connolly (P)2002 ISIS Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Crime Mystery

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Would you consider the audio edition of The White Road to be better than the print version?

no, not even slightly better, and I love the John Connolly tales on audio

What did you like best about this story?

it's yet another excellent John Connolly, and a great story about Louis' background, but I only know that because I've read the print version

How could the performance have been better?

Something about Paul Birchard's voice just didn't sit with me, I'm pleased he only narrated one of the Charlie Parker books!

Any additional comments?

I'll keep the book just so I have the full set, but I really can't listen to the narrator, he's stopped me listening to the books until I re-read the print version!

sorry Paul Birchard, bring back Jeff Harding

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Really good to finally get some tying up of all the loose ends around Reverend Faulkner. I struggled with the narration to begin with. After having Jeff Harding do the first three in the series, I have the voices and names based on his performances and its really hard to hear a weaker narrator try and do it justice. However, this is a great story and really enjoyable.

Tying up loose ends!

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Not for the faint of heart but a great story and really well read. It's easy to distinguish between characters when they're speaking and this is done really well. Riveting to listen to can't wait to download the next one.

Great story very well read.

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I’m a huge fan of the author’s work and was really, really put off listening to this book by the narrator. All the other Charlie Parker novels have been narrated on Audible by Jeff Harding, who performs them brilliantly. This guy didn’t even pronounce one of the character’s name correctly, a central character in the series. It’s shoddy work. Just tried listening to it for the second time and yet again gave up in disgust after an hour. Reflects badly on a fine author.

Atrocious performance ruins great story

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Would you listen to The White Road again? Why?

John Connolly is a very fine writer of supernatural thrillers. His plots are always rooted in reality with the supernatural elements carefully interwoven and never dominant, these are supernatural books for those who don't do fantasy! Above his plots and fine writing it is his cast of well drawn and intriguing characters that will draw you to the whole series.

Excellent thriller

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