Kissing the Beehive
core novel 1997 Crane's View Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (1,321 ratings, collected 2026-11-05) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385480116 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Sam Bayer is a writer stuck in a creative slump. On impulse he returns to his hometown of Crane's View, where as a teenager he found the body of Pauline Ostrova, a murdered honor roll student. Sam teams up with a group of local residents to look into the old killing, intending to turn what they find into a nonfiction book about the case.
Where it sits
- Universe: Crane's View Trilogy
- Series: Crane's View Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jonathan Carroll
Awards (verified)
- British Fantasy Award, 1999: nominated
Notes
- Victor Gollancz published a UK edition in 1998 with a three-page epilogue added at the publisher's request.
- From the series record (Crane's View Trilogy): Three novels set in the New York town of Crane's View, each with a new main character.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Crane's View Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next The Marriage of Sticks (1999)
Sources
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