Literary · Mystery
The Secret History
A California student transfers to a small Vermont college and is admitted to an elite circle of classics students. We learn early that they have killed one of their own, and the book traces how it happened.
- First published
- 1992
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like atmospheric campus novels, long and literary, where you know the crime from page one.
Skip this if you want a fast plot or characters who are easy to like.
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