Kissing the Beehive

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453264966

<DIV><B>A writer returns to his hometown to look into a long-ago murder in this &ldquo;gripping&rdquo; literary thriller with &ldquo;a smashing and surprising climax&rdquo; (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> 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, Crane&rsquo;s View, and the tragedy he once encountered there.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Bayer was fifteen when he found Pauline Ostrova floating in the Hudson River. The official verdict was murder, and the girl&rsquo;s ex-boyfriend was convicted. But decades later, Bayer remains certain the killer still lives in his bucolic town&mdash;and he&rsquo;s determined to write a book about what really happened. He&rsquo;s come home for inspiration, but the longer he stays, the more Bayer&rsquo;s investigation spirals toward madness and a final, shocking conclusion.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Jonathan Lethem says of Jonathan Carroll that readers &ldquo;crave his narratives like an illegal substance,&rdquo; and here the celebrated author begins his addictive Crane&rsquo;s View Trilogy, which continues with <I>The Marriage of Sticks</I> and the New York Times Notable Book <I>The Wooden Sea</I>, with a smart, suspenseful novel that&rsquo;s &ldquo;strung like a piano wire&rdquo; (<I>Library Journal</I>).<BR /> &#160;<BR /><I>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.</I><BR /> &#160;</DIV>