A sparse, chilling tale of a young American actress: alleged adulteress and murderer living in the ex-patriot community in Rome. Together with her charming but troublesome brother, the young woman finds herself implicated in a series of crimes dating back to their childhood.
The novel follows the female narrator's obsession with an older Italian actress and her charismatic husband, telling her story in a voice alternately intimate and distant: cipher of innocence and unwholesome desire.
Stansberry's first novel in six years, The White Devil is an elegant tour de force, a psychological noir driven by the erotic tension between brother and sister.
Freaking Incredilble. Crimespree Magazine