The Book Depository The Whites by Harry Brandt
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Description: The Whites : Paperback : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 9781408864593 : : 13 Aug 2015 : A rogue NYPD detective is dragged back into the past by a murder in the present FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2015 IN THE MYSTERY/THRILLER CATEGORY. The Book Depository The Whites by Harry Brandt - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Jon Dee
Rating: 5
Review: The Whites is a new detective/crime novel by Richard Price. I will try to ignore the whole embarrassment of the attempted pseudonym of "Harry Brandt" but clearly when this didn't work (whether by accident or because the publisher objected) they should have dropped the "Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt" headline! In any event, "the Whites" is a brilliant book, slightly communicating with the old noir detective novels, but flows faster and is straight to the point. Sort of an “in your face” detective novel. A bit about the story: Billy Graves is a night shift detective, and the last one in active duty of his original old 5-detectives gang, that have kept a tight family-like group, and kept the Bronx' streets as clean as possible about a decade ago. Each one of the group members' has his own "white" - the one who got away (named after the great white whale); only all of a sudden, these "back on the street, living a cosy life" perps are getting popped one by one. Billy juggling his family life with his dementia stricken old man, his wife's own problems, and his white nights, is trying to get to the bottom of these murders. At the same time, we have the parallel story of one Milton Ramos, a heck, washed up, brutal detective, with a hard life story of his own, who himself is running towards some kind of a collision course with Billy's. The Whites is quite consuming, in fact Michael Connely has writtenin the NY Times book review that this book literally interrupted his professional and personal life, as he could not put it away. This says a lot from a man who's a best-selling author on his own merit. Sure - the sea of names can be confusing, and yes - you might need to scroll back and forth to try to remember which perp was implicated in what and why, but half way through you will have it all figured out. All, that is, except who is behind the baffling perps popping and why, and what does Milton Ramos has to do with it. A lot of NY police slang- good old fashion cop jargon, and not the regular detective tracks a killer story. Price/Brandt is really pulling us into the lives of the Billy and the other 4 golden shield owners, as well as this shady Ramos. A much recommended read for this genre lovers
Author: JP
Rating: 1
Review: Sacked this off a third of the way through. There is no plot to speak of, jumps from one story to another and and just becomes incredibly boring. Avoid
