The Whites: A Novel

"Let’s clear one thing up right away: The noun in the title refers to perps that got away — the “great white whales” of a cop’s career. For Billy Graves, that was one Jeffrey Bannion. But now Bannion is dead, Graves is stonewalled, and a strange colleague named Milton Ramos is threatening his family, even though Graves doesn’t know that yet. It all adds up to a confusing swirl of a procedural, but believe me, you’ll want to get sucked down this dizzying drain, as intricately detailed as Richard Price’s Lush Life. The author wanted to use a pseudonym so he could write a more commercial book. In the end, he wrote a more commercial Price book — which means it’s terrific."