"When I read my first Dave White
story, I knew that he was going to be huge someday-like, Robert Parker
huge. When One Man Dies is the first bold step in
fulfilling that promise. It's the great American private eye novel
reborn for the 21st century, with a fast-moving, spare style that
punches you in the gut at the same time it squeezes your heart."
Duane Swierczynski, author of The
Blonde
"Everybody wins when a classic
form, such as the private-eye novel, meets up with a class act, such as
Dave White. In his remarkable debut novel, When One Man Dies,
White manages the neat trick of respecting the genre's traditions while
daring to nudge it toward something new and unexpected. And Jackson
Donne is a wonderful character, someone with whom readers will happily
share many beers in the Olde Towne Tavern for years to come. Lots of
promise here -- in Donne and White. I'm rooting for both of them."
Laura Lippman, author of To The
Power of Three
"Every new crew of crime writers
has one standout. The class of 07's youngest member is Dave White.
He made his bones in published short story form before most writers ever
find their legs. When One Man Dies steps him up as a
made man in the genre . . . an awesome debut . . . forgetaboutit."
Charlie Stella, author of Shakedown:
A Novel of Crime
"WHEN ONE MAN DIES
heralds the introduction of two astonishing new figures in the crime
fiction world: New Jersey PI Jackson Donne, whose emotional journey will
break your heart, and author Dave White, whose voice has the confidence
and assurance many more established writers would kill for."
Sarah Weinman, proprietor of
Confessions
of an Idiosyncratic Mind
"Every now and then you find a
debut novel that carries the clear promise of big things to come. WHEN
ONE MAN DIES is one of those. Fast and funny, with plenty of
classic action but a setting and character that are entirely new, Dave
White is creating a winner with Jackson Donne. Always good to get in on
the ground floor."
Michael Koryta, Edgar-nominated author
of
A WELCOME GRAVE
"Jackson Donne takes his place
alongside the grim and battered P.I.s of yore — your Archers, your
Spades — uncovering painful truths and doling out what passes in this
tarnished world for justice. Bracing stuff."
Charles Ardai, founder of Hard
Case Crime
"A terrific novel, a unique and
artful blend of the PI and the Police Procedural in a plot as nicely
tangled and sexually violent as a cat fight, a story as deceptively
simple as your first love and as fatal as your last car wreck. It's a
great read."
James Crumley Dashiell Hammett
award-winning author of THE LAST GOOD KISS and THE RIGHT MADNESS
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