The White Devil: A Novel - Softcover

Stansberry, Domenic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996765913 ISBN 13: 9780996765916

Publisher: Molotov Editions, 2016

Synopsis

Hammett Prize Winner for Best Crime Fiction

Noir master Domenic Stansberry returns with this sultry, irresistible murder mystery. THE WHITE DEVIL tells the story of an aspiring American actress, who, together with her too charming brother, is implicated in a series of crimes dating back to their childhood days in Texas. The novel begins in Rome, among the American ex-patriot community, and from there follows the siblings latest obsessions: an aging Italian actress and her charismatic husband. The young woman at the heart of this tale plays a deadly game, a cipher of unwholesome impulse and erotic intrigue. The result is an elegant tour de force, a psychological noir that has won international acclaim and attention.

FREAKING INCREDIBLE Crimespree Magazine

Stansberry nails the sultry, decadent, and erotically charged tone with one perfectly placed hammer stroke after another. Booklist

Perhaps the most surprising feature of this tour de force is its pervasive links to both Jacobean tragedy and contemporary Mediterranean noir. Who knew? Kirkus

Edgar-winner Stansberry takes the reader on a wild ride in this exceptional noir. .... compelling reading. Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

“Gripping from beginning to end, The White Devil is an unforgettable novel by an author at the height of his powers.” Foreword Reviews *****

“(Readers) will relish The White Devil's ability to draw in both thriller and mystery audiences, anything but staid or predictable . . . more than a murder mystery: a story of Italy, obsessions, candid cultural observations, and a sense of place and confused purpose that keeps readers guessing, entertained, and thoroughly immersed." Midwest Book Review

Domenic Stansberry is an Edgar award-winning novelist known for his dark, innovative crime novels. His North Beach Mystery Series has won wide praise for its rich portrayal of the ethnic and political subcultures of San Francisco. An earlier novel, The Confession, received the Edgar for its controversial portrait of a Marin county psychologist accused of murdering his mistress. He is the author of nine novels and a collection of stories.  

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Review:

PRAISE FOR DOMENIC STANSBERRY "Suspense... illicit passion... murder. . . Stansberry does it with originality, through the freshness of his imagery, and the lyricism of his lament." The New York Times on The Last Days of Il Duce. "Brilliantly imagined . . . packs an emotional wallop genre fiction rarely delivers." Kirkus (Starred Review) on The Ancient Rain. "Fascinating, beautifully written-an enviable achievement." San Francisco Chronicle on Manifesto for the Dead. "This series... .revitalizes the classic detective story, injecting it with a noir sensibility that both evokes the old masters and seems altogether new." Booklist on The North Beach Mystery Series. "Compelling ... equal parts contemporary crime fiction and dark existential poetry." Publishers Weekly on Naked Moon. "A masterful novel . . . by a master of the genre." Book Reporter. Com on The Confession. "In the tradition of Graham Greene, ... a moving chronicle of humanity, disquietingly black and totally absorbing." Los Angeles Times on The Spoiler "A neo-classic among pulp fiction fans." January Magazine on The Confession. "A gripping novel... incendiary.... this gritty, noirish exercise in murder and drugs feels uncomfortably like the real thing" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Chasing the Dragon "Takes a seemingly soulless contemporary phenomenon--dot-com speculation--and gives it the same chilling, metaphorical resonance that the postwar noir masters gave to a darkened city street or a tilted Venetian blind. " BOOKLIST (Starred Review)on The Big Boom

About the Author:

Domenic Stansberry is an award-winning novelist known for his dark, innovative crime novels. His North Beach Mystery Series has won praise in The New York Times and other publications for its rich portrayal of the ethnic and political subcultures of San Francisco. An earlier novel, The Confession, received an Edgar Allan Poe Award for its controversial portrait of a Marin county psychologist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Molotov Editions
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0996765913
• ISBN 13: 9780996765916
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 266