Security - Hardcover

"'Amidon engrosses the reader immediately... Wonderfully enjoyable.' Nick Hornby, Daily Telegraph 'Quietly brilliant... Amidon shares Franzen's eye for psychological realism - his characters, from manic depressive teenagers to frustrated mothers to working men, are entirely convincing - and his dry wit.' Stephanie Merritt, Observer"

There isn't much crime in the quietly rich college town of Stoneleigh, Massachussets. So when Edward Inman, owner of Stoneleigh Sentinel Security, is alerted by a late-night alarm from the home of Doyle Cutler, one of his wealthiest clients, Edward thinks little of it - until a local student, Mary Steckl, claims that she was sexually assaulted at Cutler's house that same night. Edward soon finds himself convinced by Mary's story, even though the rest of the town doubts her - including his would-be politician wife. His investigations eventually lead him to his old girlfriend, whose teenage son may hold the key to the truth about that night. Security is a brilliantly observed and gripping story of adults and children, secret lives and civic culture, suspicion and sexual hysteria.