Dave White is the Derringer Award--winning author of six novels: When One Man Dies, The Evil That Men Do, Not Even Past, An Empty Hell and Blind to Sin in his Jackson Donne series, and the acclaimed thriller Witness to Death. His short story "Closure," won the Derringer Award for Best Short Mystery Story. Publishers Weekly gave the first two novels in his Jackson Donne series starred reviews, calling When One Man Dies an "engrossing, evocative debut novel" and writing that The Evil That Men Do "fulfills the promise of his debut." He received praise from crime fiction luminaries such as bestselling, Edgar Award--winning Laura Lippman and the legendary James Crumley. His standalone thriller, Witness to Death, was an ebook bestseller upon release and named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He lives in Nutley, NJ. Follow him at @dave_white. He lives in Nutley, NJ.
Praise for the novels of Dave White
"AN EMPTY HELL is a compulsive redemption story that speeds to a
confrontation in a high school gym and takes the series to a place
rich with possibilities."
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"Dynamite... the characters, the situations, the pacing, the
structure, and the writing are so good."
Publishers Weekly
"(A) dark and extremely suspenseful thriller...turns Northern New
Jersey into a setting worthy of any classic noir detective
series...White never allows the darkness of his backdrop to get in
the way of a carefully constructed plot that keeps us racing toward
new twists that are not revealed until the last few pages."
Connecticut Post
"It is amazing how good an author Dave White has become, breathing
life into the PI genre like Dennis Lehane did years ago with Gone
Baby Gone."
Sons of Spade
Praise for Dave White
"White is one of a group of younger writers reimagining the P.I.
novel by giving Donne solid connections to his culture (he's not
alienated from his world) and a moral self-awareness I think is
more interesting than the traditional P.I. code of behavior. This
book flies."
Carole Barrowman, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on NOT EVEN
PAST
"Dave White brings the goods. Skillfully crafting a tale that
thriller fans will devour at lightning speed, yet meaty enough that
mystery fans will delight in fitting the pieces together."
CrimeSpree Magazine
Dave White is everything you hope for in a crime novelist,
delivering both white-knuckle suspense and nuanced characters,
propulsive action and an emotional wallop. These are books that
both invigorate the genre and are also, truly, built to last.”
Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me
"White has written a PI novel that is both traditional and fresh,
one of the few new talents to join this much-plowed field with
something interesting and original to say. Fans of detective novels
will, we hope, be enjoying his work for years to come."
Chicago Sun-Times on WHEN ONE MAN DIES
"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
"Will grab most readers from its opening sentences. Fans of
hard-hitting, uncompromising private investigators will hope that
Donne ditches his college dreams and continues to pound the
pavement."
Publishers Weekly (starred review) on WHEN ONE MAN DIES
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 on WHEN ONE MAN DIES
"Stunning...fulfills the promise of his debut...the author does
such a fine job of depicting the inner conflicts of his fallible
but ultimately heroic protagonist."
Publishers Weekly on THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
"Intricate plotting and nonstop action make this a nail-biting read
from start to finish. White, winner of the Derringer Award for When
One Man Dies, is a writer to watch." Library Journal
"White makes good use of the urban and suburban geography,
accurately depicting the terrain. But that's not what makes his
sophomore effort so readable and engaging. Rather, it's White's
realistic depiction of family dynamics--readers will be struck by
the sheer humanity on display in this novel, from Donne's strained
relationship with his sister and brother-in-law, to the tragedy of
the PI's mother's valiant but futile struggle with Alzheimer's
disease, and finally, to the sacrifices that are sometimes required
to keep one's family intact and safe." Mystery Scene
"Dave White's second novel, The Evil That Men Do, absolutely
confirms and fulfills the promise of his highly regarded debut
Jackson Donne novel, When One Man Dies; so, simply stated, readers
looking for top-notch hard-boiled noir fiction featuring an
intriguing protagonist and complex characterizations need look no
further than Dave White's deftly plotted novels." Bookloons
"White handles his characters with a balance of emotional tension
and action that drives this novel from the critical incident to a
conflagration that leaves the survivors stunned."
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