Richard North Patterson
The Spire
(Henry Holt & Co., September 2009)
A brilliant novel of psychological suspense about a lawyer turned college president who investigates the long-ago murder of a female student—allegedly by his best friend. Gripping and razor sharp, The Spire is both a hugely satisfying novel of suspense and a poignant love story.
“[This] intriguing novel of psychological suspense…intensifies until the shocking conclusion of this tightly plotted story…sure to please fans of Raymond Chandler, Michael Connelly, and James Lee Burke.”
-Library Journal
“The novel picks up steam and builds to a shocking conclusion. Fans of Patterson’s legal thrillers, the books that made him famous, will be glad to see him back in murder-mystery mode.”
-Booklist
“Thoughtful…Patterson evokes the quiet schism between town and gown…as well as the fragile relationship between blacks and whites, while Mark’s probing hits exposed nerves with fatal results.”
–Publishers Weekly