Author: Jane Langton Year: 1992 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery
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ISBNs: 9780140165944 0140165940 |
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Homer suspects a rash of deaths near Walden Pond may not be accidental Alice Snow is the first to die. In the morning, she and her friends at the Pond View Trailer Park watchsoap operas, worrying about the lives of TV's rich and powerful. A few hours later, a hiking Homer Kelly finds Alice lying outside her trailer, head smashed and heart stopped. Though her fellow Pond View residents do not realize it, their lives are in danger too. The state-owned park sits on Walden Pond, just north of the replica of Thoreau's log cabin. Where the philosopher once retreated to find nature is now a hive of humanity'hemmed in by a highway, a landfill, and the planned site of a new mini-mall. The trailer park stands in the developers' way, and when more Pond View residents die, Homer suspects murder. The developers have no qualms about killing Concord's past'might they murder its present too?
This book is part of the "Homer Kelly" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Escher Twist" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Thief of Venice" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Face on the Wall" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dead as a Dodo" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Divine Inspiration" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Dante Game" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Good and Dead" First published in 1986 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Natural Enemy" First published in 1982 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dark Nantucket Noon" First published in 1975 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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