Before the Flood: An Unputdownable Psychological Thriller
"Two paths diverged in the woods, and Merry took the one leading toward the river. After three years I knew this trail well enough to walk it in my sleep, but I let Merry lead as if it was my first time. After a few moments a bird sang from a tree somewhere above us. At the end of its song Merry let out three high-pitched whistles, startling me. A moment later the bird answered him with three nearly identical whistles of its own. I looked at Merry in astonishment.
“Pine Grosbeak,” he said. “We have them in Iowa.”
“Wow. That’s really cool. Do you know a lot of bird calls?”
“Pretty many. Don’t tell anyone in the dorm though. I’d never hear the end of it.”
I smiled weakly, understanding what he meant all too well. He was too innocent, and too pretty, to not be brutalized by the meaner adolescent boys. The bird whistled again, seeming to call to Merry, but we just kept walking."
A Student Drowns at a Boarding School. Accident or Murder?
President Kennedy has just been assassinated. Still in shock, sixteen-year-old Brian Reed and all of New England’s Harkness Academy are even more stunned when they learn of the drowning of a naive freshman, Ted Merrifield. The autopsy reports that "Merry" was legally drunk, something that seems totally out of character and way beyond his years.
Brian is wracked with guilt at how he turned his back on "Merry," and sets out to learn what really happened. He is aided by--actually goaded by--an unknown figure leaving him cryptic notes.
Harkness Academy is a well-oiled machine that has turned out America’s leaders and captains of industry for 250 years. A clique of four powerful upperclassmen rules much of the campus--even some of the teachers--and they will stop at nothing to hide the truth.
Seeking to uncover what really happened at great personal risk, Brian discovers a terrible secret.
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