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# The Whites

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Review: Lush language in a fast-paced cop tale - Here's a compliment that I've never given before: I first purchased this novel on CD, but soon found that the writing was so lush that I shelved the audio in favor of a printed version, the better to savor each sentence. (I consume approx. 2/3rds of the books I "read" in the car.) Harry Brandt-who's-really-Richard Price (that wasn't a very well-kept secret, was it?) combines the intrigue, fast pace, and yes, violence, of the police procedural with the complex characters (the bad guy isn't all bad) and the aforementioned sophisticated language of the literary novel. I stopped short of the full 5-er because some plot elements were just a *little* confusing, but I do highly recommend the book to readers who are turned off by the misogynist people in John Lescroart but who don't want to read about four women coming to terms with their past.
Review: Finally discovering Richard Price - "The Whites" is excellent - great storytelling, very enjoyable reading. Gritty, with a very New York feel to it on every page. It's Price's ninth book; the first was published in 1974. Most of his books take place in the NY/NJ region. So, what's a 'white'? It seems every long time cop has one case that haunts him. For whatever reasons, the perp of some horrific, fatal crime has gotten off scot-free from justice. Maybe it's the shooting of three young girls, or chasing a scared immigrant kid into the path of an oncoming bus. These crimes and those responsible are never forgotten. The lead cops keep tabs on the killers (the Whites) on a regular basis, and they maintain contact with the victims' families. They are obsessed with their own White. Billy Graves is the only member of his team of five who has remained on the force. But he stays in contact with the others and regularly meets with them to keep tabs - and to discuss their Whites. And then, one of the Whites is killed.....But it's not all about the Whites. We also get to know Billy's family, his nurse wife, the two school age boys, his dad, a former cop, now drifting in and out of dementia episodes. The descriptions of their daily struggles to make ends meet and keep a family together, and safe, is as fascinating as the tales of Billy's crime scenes on the midnight shift. Then there's the guy who accosts one of the boys after school, giving him a friendly pat on the back, but leaving a very red hand print on the back of the jacket, a message for Mom and Dad. The plot and characters are excellent, the story is well paced. And the prose....Let me give you just one example - let me set the scene. Billy is talking to Yasmeen, one of his former cops, when she gets a call from her young daughter, crying about a little boy who is always pinching her. Yasmeen tells her daughter to put the offender, Jacob, on the phone right now: "Is this Jacob? This is Simone's mommy. Listen to me, you know that monster that lives under your bed? Your parents tell you he's not real, but they're lying to you. Not only is he real but he's a friend of mine, and if you lay one more hand on my daughter I will make sure he comes out from under there when you're asleep tonight and sucks your eyeballs right out of your head, you hear me? Yes? Good. Now give the phone back to Simone....Stop crying and give the phone back to Simone." I am now a big Richard Price fan. Think I'll read "Clockers" next. Or maybe "Freedomland", or.......

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0312621302 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #574,782 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,643 in Police Procedurals (Books) #5,558 in Murder Thrillers #10,750 in Suspense Thrillers |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (3,844) |
| Dimensions  | 5.51 x 0.88 x 8.18 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 9780312621308 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0312621308 |
| Item Weight  | 10.4 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 352 pages |
| Publication date  | February 9, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Holt Paperbacks |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lush language in a fast-paced cop tale
*by D***E on November 3, 2016*

Here's a compliment that I've never given before: I first purchased this novel on CD, but soon found that the writing was so lush that I shelved the audio in favor of a printed version, the better to savor each sentence. (I consume approx. 2/3rds of the books I "read" in the car.) Harry Brandt-who's-really-Richard Price (that wasn't a very well-kept secret, was it?) combines the intrigue, fast pace, and yes, violence, of the police procedural with the complex characters (the bad guy isn't all bad) and the aforementioned sophisticated language of the literary novel. I stopped short of the full 5-er because some plot elements were just a *little* confusing, but I do highly recommend the book to readers who are turned off by the misogynist people in John Lescroart but who don't want to read about four women coming to terms with their past.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Finally discovering Richard Price
*by K***U on May 10, 2015*

"The Whites" is excellent - great storytelling, very enjoyable reading. Gritty, with a very New York feel to it on every page. It's Price's ninth book; the first was published in 1974. Most of his books take place in the NY/NJ region. So, what's a 'white'? It seems every long time cop has one case that haunts him. For whatever reasons, the perp of some horrific, fatal crime has gotten off scot-free from justice. Maybe it's the shooting of three young girls, or chasing a scared immigrant kid into the path of an oncoming bus. These crimes and those responsible are never forgotten. The lead cops keep tabs on the killers (the Whites) on a regular basis, and they maintain contact with the victims' families. They are obsessed with their own White. Billy Graves is the only member of his team of five who has remained on the force. But he stays in contact with the others and regularly meets with them to keep tabs - and to discuss their Whites. And then, one of the Whites is killed.....But it's not all about the Whites. We also get to know Billy's family, his nurse wife, the two school age boys, his dad, a former cop, now drifting in and out of dementia episodes. The descriptions of their daily struggles to make ends meet and keep a family together, and safe, is as fascinating as the tales of Billy's crime scenes on the midnight shift. Then there's the guy who accosts one of the boys after school, giving him a friendly pat on the back, but leaving a very red hand print on the back of the jacket, a message for Mom and Dad. The plot and characters are excellent, the story is well paced. And the prose....Let me give you just one example - let me set the scene. Billy is talking to Yasmeen, one of his former cops, when she gets a call from her young daughter, crying about a little boy who is always pinching her. Yasmeen tells her daughter to put the offender, Jacob, on the phone right now: "Is this Jacob? This is Simone's mommy. Listen to me, you know that monster that lives under your bed? Your parents tell you he's not real, but they're lying to you. Not only is he real but he's a friend of mine, and if you lay one more hand on my daughter I will make sure he comes out from under there when you're asleep tonight and sucks your eyeballs right out of your head, you hear me? Yes? Good. Now give the phone back to Simone....Stop crying and give the phone back to Simone." I am now a big Richard Price fan. Think I'll read "Clockers" next. Or maybe "Freedomland", or.......

### ⭐⭐⭐ A very good read -- worth the time and effort
*by E***C on April 20, 2015*

I don't think star ratings for serious novels are fair, but this is Amazon's system, so ..... This novel is very well done. It is structurally sound. It carefully builds tension. It keeps you guessing -- about a lot of things -- and gives you the satisfaction of watching the narrative pieces click into place at the appropriate time. Many of the reviews remark on the confusion created by the number of characters. That is a valid comment, and I did experience that sense of character overload at about page 50. I had to scroll back through what I had read. Once I did that, however, I never had to do it again. What makes the characters somewhat confusing is that there are two groups of characters: 1) the "night shift" cops that Billy, the main narrator, works with at the time the story is being told, and 2) the cops Billy used to work with in the 70s, known as the "Wild Geese." It is not a spoiler to point out that the two worlds ultimately converge, as they should. A further potential source of confusion is the second narrator, Milton Ramos. Chapters narrated by Ramos are always titled "Milton Ramos," so the author is merciful in that regard. From my recollection (it's been a couple of months), the first Ramos chapter pops up at about page 50, which gives the reader the sense of, "Whoa, I'm just starting to sort out the rest of the characters, and now this?". But, again, the saving grace is the structural soundness of the novel, and the Milton Ramos element will integrate into the narrative with the satisfying 'click' that is the reward for a patient and diligent reader. So why only three stars? There are too many great books. This is a very good one of its kind.

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