Title: Persecution - Stephen Dobyns - book
Summary :
It's back-to-school time at Bishop's Hill, a middle school nestled in the forests of New Hampshire, and the year promises to be anything but peaceful. On the verge of bankruptcy, the school has only one chance of survival: its new principal, Jim Hawthorne. From the outset, he encounters widespread hostility. Clinging to their privileges, the teachers are ready to do anything to discredit him. But Hawthorne strives to turn the school around, against all odds. Until the day a student is murdered. As the police investigate, the masks fall. For, beneath its smooth exterior, Bishop's Hill conceals depths of corruption and violence and ultimately descends into a murderous madness in the dead of winter. Hailed by Stephen King as a master of the genre, Stephen Dobyns constructs a suspenseful story in a vacuum, with the meticulousness of a watchmaker. This nightmarish atmosphere reaches its peak in the magnificent final scenes, worthy of Kubrick's The Shining.
