What drove a woman to murder in 1920s New England? "Few readers will be prepared for the surprise that awaits at novel's end" in this Edgar Award-winning novel ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). It was referred to as the Chatham School affair--a tragic event that destroyed five lives, shook a coastal Massachusetts community to its core, and traumatized a boy named Henry Griswald. Now Henry is an aged, unmarried lawyer, and as he writes his will, he recalls that long-ago day in 1926 when something drove his teacher to ...
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What drove a woman to murder in 1920s New England? "Few readers will be prepared for the surprise that awaits at novel's end" in this Edgar Award-winning novel ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). It was referred to as the Chatham School affair--a tragic event that destroyed five lives, shook a coastal Massachusetts community to its core, and traumatized a boy named Henry Griswald. Now Henry is an aged, unmarried lawyer, and as he writes his will, he recalls that long-ago day in 1926 when something drove his teacher to murder--and contemplates the role he played in it all . . . "Cook is a master, precise and merciless, at showing the slow-motion shattering of families and relationships . . . The Chatham School Affair ranks with his best." -- Chicago Tribune "Such a seductive book." -- The New York Times Book Review "Like the best of his crime-writing colleagues, Cook uses the genre to open a window onto the human condition . . . [a] literate, compelling novel." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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This book is written in first person retrospect and for the first 100 or so pages it goes on like an old mans ramblings of the past which can be a bit frustrating. However, the desire to uncover the full story is not without reward as the tale winds into its final chapters with an excellent plot twist.
The tale itself revolves around Henry, grown up from his school boy days, as he reminisces about his involvement with the largest crime in his quaint new england hometown. It involves forbidden love, and a murder trial.
