Burntown : A Novel
McMahon, Jennifer, 1968-
Burntown : A Novel Jennifer McMahon. - - 287 pages ; 25 cm
"Ashford, Vermont, might look like your typical sleepy New England college town, but to the shadowy residents who live among the remains of its abandoned mills and factories, its known as Burntown. Eva Sandeski, known as Necco on the street, has been a part of this underworld for years, ever since the night her father Miles drowned in a flood that left her and her mother Lily homeless. A respected professor, Miles was also an inventor of fantastic machines, including one so secret that the plans were said to have been stolen from Thomas Edisons workshop"--Provided by publisher.
9780385541367 (hbk.) 0385541368 (hbk.)
Fathers--Death--Fiction.
Inventors--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Wilderness areas--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Burntown : A Novel Jennifer McMahon. - - 287 pages ; 25 cm
"Ashford, Vermont, might look like your typical sleepy New England college town, but to the shadowy residents who live among the remains of its abandoned mills and factories, its known as Burntown. Eva Sandeski, known as Necco on the street, has been a part of this underworld for years, ever since the night her father Miles drowned in a flood that left her and her mother Lily homeless. A respected professor, Miles was also an inventor of fantastic machines, including one so secret that the plans were said to have been stolen from Thomas Edisons workshop"--Provided by publisher.
9780385541367 (hbk.) 0385541368 (hbk.)
Fathers--Death--Fiction.
Inventors--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Wilderness areas--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)