The Spire
- ISBN-10
- 0230705650
- ISBN-13
- 9780230705654
- Series
- The Spire
- Category
- African American students
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Author
- Richard North Patterson
Description
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.
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