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Joanne Harris, author of Different Class

After 30 years at St. Oswald’s Grammar in North Yorkshire, England, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. But every so often there’s a boy who doesn’t quite fit the mold. A troublemaker. A boy with darkness inside. With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new headmaster arrives at the venerable school, bringing with him new technology, sharp suits and even girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist these steps toward the future, a shadow from his past begins to stir again.

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Week of September 25, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of September 25th include VICTORIA, the nationally bestselling novel by Daisy Goodwin, who draws on Queen Victoria’s diaries to bring the young 19th-century monarch, who would go on to reign for 63 years, richly to life; FATAL, a riveting thriller from John Lescroart about the unexpected, shattering and lethal consequences of a one-night stand on a seemingly happily married couple; Martin Cruz Smith's THE GIRL FROM VENICE, a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery and danger of occupied Venice; and DIFFERENT CLASS by Joanne Harris, a tale of psychological suspense about a sociopathic young outcast at an antiquated prep school and the curmudgeonly Latin teacher who uncovers his dangerous secret.

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