Sometimes you can meet unique authors, such as the Australian Christian White. Because in his works you can distill a combination of many degrees between the suspense of Victor of the Tree and the tension of Shari lapena. Something like a melting pot between noir, police and thriller where the plot advances due to inspiration or necessity, becoming at times different stories or at least very different psychological or emotional focuses.
I do not want to say that in the mix it is possible to surpass the originals mentioned above. It is rather a curious mix that is probably more a matter of the reader's sensation than the author's intention. But of course, the references are always there and reach us, like the melodies of different groups or the films of different directors.
I don't know if Christian White's literary foray will be very fruitful or if he will continue with his scripts for movies and so on. But without a doubt the discovery for noir is considerable. And based on awards and impact, we are sure to continue finding more novels written by him...
Top recommended books by Christian White
The girl from nowhere
I miss him assaulting the everyday. Doubt and confusion lurking like a possible remote memory, erased, erased by the passage of time or the overcoming of traumatic situations.
Kim Leamy is a photography teacher in Melbourne. During a break between classes she is approached by a stranger who is looking for a little girl who disappeared from her house twenty-eight years ago. She thinks Kim is that girl. At first Kim brushes off the encounter, but, when she begins to scratch the surface of her family history in Australia, she finds herself with unanswered questions.
To discover the truth, he must travel to Sammy's hometown, Manson, in Kentucky, and delve into a dark past. As the mystery of Sammy's disappearance unravels and Manson's secrets come to light, this superb novel moves toward an electrifying finale. With the talent for suspense of Gillian Flynn and the imagination of Stephen King, "The Girl from Nowhere" is an explosive novel about traumas, sects, conspiracies and the traps of memory.
The wife and the widow
Two different focuses to address the complex reality of crime from the moment it becomes a dilemma in reality, a new reality where everything is transformed into dark doubts that prevent us from living without addressing them completely, I suppose what it means to solve them...
The Wife and the Widow is a thriller set in a disturbing island town in the middle of winter, told from a double perspective: that of Kate, a widow whose pain is complicated by what she finds out about her late husband's secret life, and that of Abby, an island resident whose world is turned upside down when she is forced to face the irrefutable fact that her husband is a murderer. But, on the island nothing is what it seems, and only when these two women join forces will they be able to discover the complete story of the men in their lives. This brilliant and captivating novel takes the reader to the edge of the precipice and makes him wonder if he really knows his loved ones.
