Super Short Summary

Narrated by elderly Henry Griswald, Thomas Cook’s mystery novel, The Chatham School Affair, centers on the shattering events that upended a small town near Cape Cod in 1927. Henry was a sophomore at Chatham School that year, and through a series of extended flashbacks, he recalls the arrival of a beautiful new teacher and her scandalous romance with a fellow instructor. As Henry’s narrative unfolds, he alludes to looming disaster, creating an atmosphere of tension and doom.