{"product_id":"the-chatham-school-affair-9781504091695","title":"The Chatham School Affair","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat 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 (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Cook is a master, precise and merciless, at showing the slow-motion shattering of families and relationships . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Chatham School Affair\u003c\/i\u003e ranks with his best.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Such a seductive book.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Like the best of his crime-writing colleagues, Cook uses the genre to open a window onto the human condition . . . [a] literate, compelling novel.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS H. COOK was born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He has been nominated for Edgar Awards seven times in five different categories. He received the Best Novel Edgar, the Barry for Best Novel, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mysteriouspress.Com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50512877388050,"sku":"9781504091695","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_228a43d3-1105-48db-820c-9ace548fa0e3.jpg?v=1730956398","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-chatham-school-affair-9781504091695","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}