Kissing the Beehive

Kissing the Beehive

A writer returns to his hometown to look into a long-ago murder in this â€œgrippingâ€ literary thriller with â€œa smashing and surprising climaxâ€ (Kirkus Reviews).

After nine books, three wives, and a massive advance for his as-yet-unwritten next novel, Sam Bayer has run out of ideas. He tries to write but his characters are dull, lifeless. So his thoughts turn to his hometown, Craneâ€™s View, and the tragedy he once encountered there.
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Bayer was fifteen when he found Pauline Ostrova floating in the Hudson River. The official verdict was murder, and the girlâ€™s ex-boyfriend was convicted. But decades later, Bayer remains certain the killer still lives in his bucolic townâ€”and heâ€™s determined to write a book about what really happened. Heâ€™s come home for inspiration, but the longer he stays, the more Bayerâ€™s investigation spirals toward madness and a final, shocking conclusion.
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Jonathan Lethem says of Jonathan Carroll that readers â€œcrave his narratives like an illegal substance,â€ and here the celebrated author begins his addictive Craneâ€™s View Trilogy, which continues with The Marriage of Sticks and the New York Times Notable Book The Wooden Sea, with a smart, suspenseful novel thatâ€™s â€œstrung like a piano wireâ€ (Library Journal).
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This ebook contains an all-new introduction by Jonathan Carroll, as well as an illustrated biography of the author including rare images from his personal collection.
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Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-07-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Open Road Media
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-07-31
Format	Kindle eBook

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