The Chatham School Affair

Name: The Chatham School Affair
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas H. Cook
ISBN: 9781456125080

Author: Thomas H. Cook

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/08/2011

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Nominated three times for the Edgar Award, Thomas H. Cook continues to mesmerize readers with novels that combine tales of passion and intrigue with the best in page-turning suspense. Listeners find his pensive, lyrical style irresistible. As lawyer Henry Griswald draws up an aging client's will, he reflects on a series of events in 1926-1927 that shattered the peace of his boyhood community. Griswald, then a student at the school where his father was headmaster, witnessed a passion that would change him forever. At the heart of Griswald's reverie lies a mystery only he can solve. What really happened at Black Pond-a tragedy that eventually destroyed five lives? Seeing his boyhood memories through the eyes of experience and age, Griswald relives the emotion-charged chain of events. As he pieces the tantalizing puzzle together, he also pulls the listener into a growing awareness of the terrible consequences of his childish vision.

About Thomas H. Cook

Thomas H. Cook was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1947. He has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories. He received the best novel Edgar for The Chatham School Affair, the Martin Beck Award, the Herodotus Prize for best historical short story, and the Barry for best novel for Red Leaves, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Snotchocheez on September 07, 2016

5 stars My (late-blooming) love affair with Thomas H. Cook's sumptuous writing continues with 1996's Edgar award-winner, The Chatham School Affair. This is my third encounter with Cook's 30+ novels (The Orchids and The Last Talk With Lola Faye were the others, both great) but the first title that wo......more

Goodreads review by Kavita on March 01, 2019

The Chatham School Affair is an award winning novel, and my first book by Cook. When Elizabeth Channing gets a job in Chatham, she has no idea how her life is about to change. She has come to teach at at the Chatham High School. She befriend the headmaster's son, Henry, who is also the narrator, lo......more

Goodreads review by Christie (The Ludic Reader) on February 02, 2011

I read my first Thomas H. Cook novel last year when I discovered, by accident, Breakheart Hill. I really liked that book; I liked The Chatham School Affair even more. I am not a mystery connoisseur by any stretch, although I admit that I’ve read a fair amount of suspense thrillers in my day. Cook bel......more

Goodreads review by Kurt on December 02, 2011

First of all, this book was mistitled. It should have been called The Chatham School Tease, because the author teases the reader every few pages with his ham-handed foreshadowing. How about a little foreshadowing at the beginning and then just telling your story, hmm? Instead Cook spends way too muc......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on October 22, 2018

Attorney Henry Griswald has a secret. A secret he has kept since 1927 when he was a student at The Chatham School in the small Cape Cod community of Chatham, Massachusetts. It is a secret that hides the truth behind what would become known as The Chatham School Affair, a scandal that would lead to mu......more