Grist Mill Road
A Novel
Christopher J. Yates
- **“Twisty
- and
- told
- from
- multiple
- perspectives,
- this
- meaty
- thriller”
- about
- the
- impact
- of
- a
- violent
- act
- on
- three
- friends
- “races
- to
- a
- satisfying
- finish”
- (**People
- magazine)The
- year
- is
- 1982;
- the
- setting,
- an
- Edenic
- hamlet
- some
- ninety
- miles
- north
- of
- New
- York
- City.
- There,
- among
- the
- craggy
- rock
- cliffs
- and
- glacial
- ponds
- of
- timeworn
- mountains,
- three
- friends—Patrick,
- Matthew,
- and
- Hannah—are
- bound
- together
- by
- a
- terrible
- and
- seemingly
- senseless
- crime.
- Twenty-six
- years
- later,
- in
- New
- York
- City,
- living
- lives
- their
- younger
- selves
- never
- could
- have
- predicted,
- the
- three
- meet
- again—with
- even
- more
- devastating
- results.A
- sharp-edged
- love
- triangle
- that
- is
- character-driven,
- gorgeously
- written
- and
- wrenching,
- exposing
- the
- poisonous
- resentments,
- sexual
- longings,
- and
- reservoirs
- of
- violence
- that
- roil
- just
- below
- the
- orderly
- surface
- of
- small-town
- life.
- Like
- Yates’
- critically
- acclaimed
- Black
- Chalk,
- this
- too
- is
- an
- “engrossing
- literary
- guessing
- game”
- (BBC)
- one
- that
- will
- keep
- readers
- in
- suspense
- until
- the
- final
- page.An
- Entertainment
- Weekly
- "Must
- Read"One
- of
- the
- NPR
- Book
- Concierge's
- "Best
- Books
- of
- the
- Year""Arresting
- .
- .
- .
- Twisting
- backward
- and
- forward
- in
- time,
- entering
- the
- minds
- of
- each
- character
- in
- turn,
- Yates
- examines.
- .
- .
- .
- [how]
- the
- past
- wreaks
- havoc
- on
- the
- present.
- .
- .
- .
- [A]
- sophisticated...elegant
- narrative."
- —The
- New
- York
- Times"The
- intensity
- of
- the
- storytelling
- is
- exhilarating
- and
- unsettling."
- —Booklist,
- starred
- review"Smart
- and
- funny
- and
- moving
- and
- merciless."
- —Tana
- French,
- *New
- York
- Times–*bestselling
- author
- of
- The Trespasser
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