High Crime Area (30 page)
Authors: Joyce Carol Oates
The young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual thinks herself happy until the first wife comes to stay...
A shy teenager meets a dazzling kindred spirit. But the first sparks of young love soon take on a darker shadeâ¦
A spoiled frat boy decides to murder his parents, only to be floored by the power of his mother's loveâ¦
A fragile woman reveals deeply buried secrets to her curious lover with devastating consequencesâ¦
All of these stories are about love, just not as we like to think of it.
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The story starts here.
First published in 2014 by Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, New York.
This edition first published in the UK in 2014 by Head of Zeus Ltd.
Copyright © 2014 by The Ontario Review, Inc.
Jacket design by Royce M. Becker
Photograph © Mohamad Itani/Trevillion Images
Author photograph © Marion Ettlinger
The moral right of Joyce Carol Oates to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN (HB): 9781784081614
ISBN (TPB): 9781784081621
ISBN (E): 9781784081607
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