Industry Reviews
""The White Devil" is an intelligent, bristling ghost story with a stunning sense of place, a uniquely frightful spirit, and a band of absolutely charming heroes--Byronic and otherwise. You'll dread reaching the end-while flipping the pages furiously."--Gillian Flynn, author of "Sharp Objects" and "Dark Places" ""The White Devil" is a page-turning tour de force. Both a thoughtful and learned homage to the ghost story, and a clever and compelling rethinking of the genre, this is an amazing, frightening, and believable novel. I loved it."--David Liss, author of "The Devil's Company" ""The White Devil" is part ghost story, part murder mystery, part coming-of-age tale, part romance. It's a delightful cocktail. Justin Evans' writing is crisp, his storytelling vigorous, his sense of the uncanny pitch perfect. And he's written a wonderfully creepy book."--Scott Smith, author of "A Simple Plan" and "The Ruins" Want a good English ghost story to read by the fire on a cold winter night? ["The White Devil"] gathers you in lovingly, then takes you in a strangler s grip with its escalating horrors. --Stephen King, "Entertainment Weekly" (2011 Pop Culture Favorites)" Demonic possession, the provocative topic of Justin Evans s first novel, "A Good and Happy Child," takes on a literary twist and a sexual jolt in "The White Devil."...Evans heaps an assortment of gothic embellishments onto this coming-of-age narrative. --"New York Times Book Review"" Chilling-to-the-bone....Deliciously frightening, "The White Devil" is a literary scare story in an earlier tradition before vampires ruled the day, or at least the genre. --"New York Daily News"" Evans ratchets up the suspense at an expert pace...."The White Devil" [is] an authentic page-turner that may well be devoured in one sitting. --"Shelf Awareness"" [A] crackling literary mystery....Harrow itself contains Shirley Jackson levels of gloomy passages and dark secrets. Smart, scary, sexy, and gorgeously written to boot. --"Booklist" (starred review)" Gripping....[A] disturbing gothic thriller. --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)" "The White Devil" is a page-turning tour de force. Both a thoughtful and learned homage to the ghost story, and a clever and compelling rethinking of the genre, this is an amazing, frightening, and believable novel. I loved it. --David Liss, author of "The Devil's Company"" "The White Devil" is part ghost story, part murder mystery, part coming-of-age tale, part romance. It s a delightful cocktail. Justin Evans writing is crisp, his storytelling vigorous, his sense of the uncanny pitch perfect. And he s written a wonderfully creepy book. --Scott Smith, author of "A Simple Plan" and "The Ruins"" [An] ingenious and creepy supernatural thriller, will give you chills even in the summer heat. Evans has fused a literary mystery, sinister ghost story and Gothic romance with the story of a boy s intellectual and sexual awakening. --"The Tuscon Citizen"" "The White Devil" is an intelligent, bristling ghost story with a stunning sense of place, a uniquely frightful spirit, and a band of absolutely charming heroes Byronic and otherwise. You ll dread reaching the end-while flipping the pages furiously. --Gillian Flynn, author of "Sharp Objects" and "Dark Places"" "[An] ingenious and creepy supernatural thriller, will give you chills even in the summer heat. Evans has fused a literary mystery, sinister ghost story and Gothic romance with the story of a boy's intellectual and sexual awakening."--The Tuscon Citizen "The White Devil is part ghost story, part murder mystery, part coming-of-age tale, part romance. It's a delightful cocktail. Justin Evans' writing is crisp, his storytelling vigorous, his sense of the uncanny pitch perfect. And he's written a wonderfully creepy book."--Scott Smith, author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins "The White Devil is a page-turning tour de force. Both a thoughtful and learned homage to the ghost story, and a clever and compelling rethinking of the genre, this is an amazing, frightening, and believable novel. I loved it."--David Liss, author of The Devil's Company "The White Devil is an intelligent, bristling ghost story with a stunning sense of place, a uniquely frightful spirit, and a band of absolutely charming heroes--Byronic and otherwise. You'll dread reaching the end-while flipping the pages furiously."--Gillian Flynn, author of Sharp Objects and Dark Places "Gripping. . . . [A] disturbing gothic thriller."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[A] crackling literary mystery. . . . Harrow itself contains Shirley Jackson levels of gloomy passages and dark secrets. Smart, scary, sexy, and gorgeously written to boot."--Booklist (starred review) "Evans ratchets up the suspense at an expert pace. . . . The White Devil [is] an authentic page-turner that may well be devoured in one sitting."--Shelf Awareness "Chilling-to-the-bone. . . . Deliciously frightening, The White Devil is a literary scare story in an earlier tradition before vampires ruled the day, or at least the genre."--New York Daily News "Demonic possession, the provocative topic of Justin Evans's first novel, A Good and Happy Child, takes on a literary twist and a sexual jolt in The White Devil. . . . Evans heaps an assortment of gothic embellishments onto this coming-of-age narrative."--New York Times Book Review "Want a good English ghost story to read by the fire on a cold winter night? [The White Devil] gathers you in lovingly, then takes you in a strangler's grip with its escalating horrors."--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly (2011 Pop Culture Favorites)
