The Last Time They Met the mysterious benedict society and the two Crosses introduce

and the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town

As the summer unfolds at her grandmother's quaint beachside B&B

Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century

And none of that even comes close to the night the friendly priest at the seminary decides to show him how to perform his own exorcism

she's driven to get involved in the West Side murder spree

The Last Time They Met the mysterious benedict society and the two Crosses introduceFrom the last time Linda and Thomas meet, at a charmless hotel in a distant city, to the moment, thirty five years earlier, when a chance encounter on a rocky beach binds them fatefully together, this hypnotically compelling novel unfolds a tale of intense passion, drama, and suspense. The Last Time They Met is a singularly ambitious and accomplished work by one of today's most widely celebrated novelists.