num_pages: 360
description: St. Paul, Minnesota, 1939. The body of a beautiful dime-a-dance girl is found on a hillside, and Police Lieutenant Wesley Horner, struggling and alone after his wife's recent death, heads the investigation into her murder. His chief suspect is Herbert White, an eccentric recluse and hobby photographer who spends his days recording his life in detailed journal entries and scrapbooks. In Mr. White's Confession , Robert Clark illuminates the complex relationships between truth and fiction, past and present, faith and memory.   Mr. White's Confession is the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
language: English
title: Mr. White's Confession
titlecomplete: Mr. White's Confession
genres: 20th Century, Book Club, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 638
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Picador