{"product_id":"orient-paperback","title":"Orient - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bollen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A gorgeously written book whose literary chops are beyond doubt. Come for the prose, and stay for the murders.\" -- \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is beach reading that's as intelligent as it is absorbing.\"-- \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gripping novel of culture clash and murder from \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eA Beautiful Crime\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Destroyers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrient 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 open water; the same day, a monstrous animal corpse is found on the beach, presumed a casualty from a nearby research lab. With rumors flying, eyes turn to Mills Chevern--a tumbleweed orphan newly arrived in town from the west with no ties and a hazy history. As the deaths continue and fear in town escalates, Mills is enlisted by Beth, an Orient native in retreat from Manhattan, to help her uncover the truth. 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With the clock ticking, Mills and Beth struggle to find answers, faced with a killer they may not be able to outsmart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with character and incident, yet deeply suspenseful, \u003cem\u003eOrient\u003c\/em\u003e marks the emergence of a novelist of enormous talent.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmazon Best Mystery of 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping novel of culture clash and murder: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrient 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. 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