Henry Carter Hull

In an attempt to recapture the magic he experienced twenty years earlier at an old friend's country farm, writer Jay Mackintosh impulsively buys a farmhouse in a remote French village.

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Chocolat comes a dark, suspenseful tale in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith about a sociopathic young outcast at an antiquated prep school and the curmudgeonly Latin teacher who uncovers his dangerous secret. After thirty years at St. Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, England, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. Each class has its own clowns, rebels, and underdogs--all...