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“A gorgeously written book whose literary chops are beyond doubt. Come for the prose, and stay for the murders.”  — USA Today

“This is beach reading that’s as intelligent as it is absorbing.”— People

A gripping novel of culture clash and murder from the acclaimed author of A Beautiful Crime and The Destroyers. As summer draws to a close, a small Long Island town is gripped by a series of mysterious deaths—and one young man, a loner taken in by a local, tries to piece together the crimes before his own time runs out.

Orient is an isolated town on the north fork of Long Island, its future as a historic village newly threatened by the arrival of wealthy transplants from Manhattan—many of them artists. One late summer morning, the body of a local caretaker is found in the

Orient

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    A Paperback / softback by Christopher Bollen

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint Collins
      Published 17 May 2016
      ISBN-13 9780062329967
      978-0062329967
      ISBN-10 0062329960

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “A gorgeously written book whose literary chops are beyond doubt. Come for the prose, and stay for the murders.”  — USA Today

      “This is beach reading that’s as intelligent as it is absorbing.”— People

      A gripping novel of culture clash and murder from the acclaimed author of A Beautiful Crime and The Destroyers. As summer draws to a close, a small Long Island town is gripped by a series of mysterious deaths—and one young man, a loner taken in by a local, tries to piece together the crimes before his own time runs out.

      Orient is an isolated town on the north fork of Long Island, its future as a historic village newly threatened by the arrival of wealthy transplants from Manhattan—many of them artists. One late summer morning, the body of a local caretaker is found in the

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