Looking for Peyton Place
By Barbara Delinsky
(Pocket Books, Mass Market Paperback, 9780743469869, 539pp.)
Publication Date: June 2006
Categories: Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
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Description
A picture-perfect New Hampshire town hides a history of scandal and intrigue -- a legacy Annie Barnes has never shaken since growing up in tiny Middle River. Five decades ago the area was rocked by a bombshell of a book, "Peyton Place, " and its author, Grace Metalious, who seemed to know everyone's most intimate secrets. Now a bestselling novelist herself, Annie has come home to find answers to the strange circumstances of her mother's recent death, which leads her to uncover a shocking truth about the local paper mill. The townspeople fear Annie intends to pen a "Peyton Place" of her very own, and no one wants her stirring up trouble. But one intriguing man is captivated by Annie's determined spirit -- and he wants to give the people of Middle River something to talk about....











