Description
Crawford's writing is assured . . . the protagonist emerges as likable and authentic, yet his humorous narration never obscures his underlying struggles with severe trauma. Crawford, who graduated from Amherst College, gets the details of a New England town and the tensions between well-heeled summer visitors and the local community just right . . . An assured mystery with an engaging narrator and a distinctive cast. -- Kirkus Reviews "Something I Keep Upstairs" shines a spotlight on the violence that can lurk within a seemingly peaceful small town, where "people can hold grudges for 50 years" and there's ongoing tension between year-round residents and summer tourists.xa0The novel also offers a look at small-town politics and journalism, as well as some unexpected plot twists; the mystery behind the killings in Pierrevert deepens. -- Daily Hampshire Gazette "Something I Keep Upstairs"...gives you a likeable protagonist along with a colorful mix of admirable characters and a few despicable ones. And it provides a satisfying conclusion that's perfect for the optimistic reader--or for an escape from the stresses of 2020. -- Boomer Magazine
Features & Highlights
- "An assured mystery with an engaging narrator and a distinctive cast." -- Kirkus Reviews
- Coleman Cooper is a troubled young man who can never get anything right—not even his own suicide.
- When he is sent to an open-door mental health facility in a small New England village to get his life back on track, his journey darkens even further: someone starts killing the psychiatrists, one by one.
- After taking a job tending bar at a local country inn—the social heart of the quirky little town where everyone knows everyone and grudges can last for decades—Coleman unwittingly finds himself at the center of the investigation, even a suspect.
- Yet as villagers dread news of more victims and the police come up empty-handed, it is Coleman, and he alone, who discovers the twisted path to the killer’s identity—and the door to a new life for himself.
