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"John Verdon writes grown–up detective novels, by which I mean stories with intelligent plots, well–developed characters and crimes that have social consequences. White River Burning, featuring the author's brainy gumshoe–for–hire, Dave Gurney, checks all these boxes." —The New York Times Book Review
Tensions have been running high in White River as it approaches the anniversary of a fatal shooting...

La esperada nueva novela de John Verdon, autor del best seller internacional Se lo que estas pensando. La tension ha ido en aumento en White River. El inminente primer aniversario de la muerte de un motorista negro por el disparo de una policia local inquieta a una poblacion economicamente deprimida y racialmente polarizada, enfrentada por discursos incendiarios, manifestaciones airadas y casos de incendios y saqueos. La situacion en White River se...

"Could a nightmare be used as a murder weapon? That's the provocative question confronting Gurney in the thrilling new installment in this series of international bestsellers. The former NYPD star homicide detective is called upon to solve a baffling puzzle: Four people who live in different parts of the country and who seem to have little in common, report having had the same dream-a terrifying nightmare involving a bloody dagger with a carved wolf's...