A story about a small town's surface appearance and the truths submerged below from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic.
People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with locals; even within the school, hierarchy rules as freshman and faculty members find out where they fit in and what is expected from them. But there are minor collisions happening everywhere: An awkward boy, the son of a teacher, is flirting with a pretty classmate, the daughter of a convenience-store cashier. A photographer in plastic flip-flops and an overflowing backpack is about to marry a staid, ambitious historian. And when a body is found in the river behind the school, a local policeman named Abey Grey will walk into this enclosed world and upset it entirely...
- ISBN10 0425179672
- ISBN13 9780425179673
- Publish Date 1 July 2001 (first published 1 July 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 31 January 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 352
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425179673