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Title: The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook ISBN: 0-553-57193-1 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (41 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pure Cook Thriller - Haunting and suspenseful
Comment: If you liked Breakheart Hill you will love The Chatham School Affair. This novel is the reason readers love Cook's well crafted thrillers. These mysteries are written more like novels with well timed twists and turns to keep the reader on their feet. Cook never allows the reader to be lulled into a sense of comfort for too long and his formula works well.
Chatham School Affair is the story of a young boy, Henry Griswald, the son of the head master of Chatham School. He is asked by his father to welcome the new art teacher and settle her into her new and desolate home on Black Pond. So far away from the town of Chatham, Elizabeth Channing must turn to her only neighbor for company, it is a shame that her neighbor is married. But that is only the beginning...
What occurs next could only be a product of Cook's wild imagination and again, only young Henry knows the truth. What happened out on Black Pond that would not only shake the school but the whole town of Chatham to it's core?
Pure suspense and thrills - Chatham School Affair is s great read and one that will certainly remain a favorite recommendation to all.
Rating: 3
Summary: I would like Cook to change his story line and style
Comment: I have been a fan of Cook for a long time. I think he is a terrific writer--but, the type of story he has written in his last 5 or 6 books is getting a bit worn. They are the same; a person (or writer today) looks back, usually at a single event, often led up to by a series of mysterious circumstances, that occured 40, 50 or 60 years ago to try to determine why it happened, or who really is guilty of this long forgotten crime. In each story, unbelievably, ALL the people are STILL AROUND who can help the central character solve the mystery. No one seems to have moved away, or died, or whatever, that would impede the solution. And peoples memories of little insignificant (but not to the solution) events are invariably perfect to enable the crime to be solved. I don't understand Cook's "devotion" to this type of novel. It is totally unrealistic, and at times the flashbacks are confusing. Some people might even say, "who the hell cares about a 60 year old crime". We're not talking about Judge Crater here. I would like to see Cook get back to novels like "City When It Rains", where his talent showed--and he has talent.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Chatham Affair
Comment: This sensitively written book is one of Thomas Cook's finest. He introduces not only the characters with a flourish - but embraces the entire surroundings of the community, thus, creating an atmosphere conducive to relaxing. The reader enters a world of slower living in a beautiful location. I, myself, have frequented just such a place and have considered it to be the first step into heaven. In fact, in reading this, I was able to once again hear the ocean breeze rustling through the scrub pines. It created a certain nostalgia in my soul and reminded me, once more, that people are similiar - no matter what period in time they exist.
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Title: Breakheart Hill by Thomas H. Cook ISBN: 0553571923 Publisher: Crime Line Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Mortal Memory by Thomas H. Cook ISBN: 055356532X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Places in the Dark by Thomas H. Cook ISBN: 0553580671 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Evidence of Blood by Thomas H. Cook ISBN: 0553578367 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Instruments of Night by Thomas H. Cook ISBN: 0553578200 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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