The Spire

A young college president struggles to save his once prestigious alma mater, Caldwell College, from a financial scandal which may be linked to the murder of a student, some seventeen years previously. The Caldwell campus is dominated by a large bell tower known as The Spire. The Spire ornaments the school yearbook, stationary, all publications. Steeped in lore, it tolls every hour of the school day; or to mark notable events such as athletic triumphs. But in 1993, the body of Angela Hall, a black student, was found at the foot of the Spire. Raped and murdered, she seemed oddly like a sacrifice to the newly-ominous college landmark Gripping and razor-sharp, The Spire is both a hugely satisfying thriller and a poignant love story. Richard North Patterson has outdone himself - this is his most compelling novel in years.

ISBN 0230705650   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780230705654 (What's this?)   Pages 400 Publisher Pan Macmillan   Published in London Imprint Macmillan   Height (mm) 234 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 153 Publication date 05 Feb 2010   Academic level General DEWEY 813.54   Alternative ISBN 9781427208071

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