Cover of Salem Falls

Salem Falls

  • 2001 first published
  • 434 pages
  • ★ 5.0 (3 ratings)
  • 5 editions

Jodi Picoult's Salem Falls (2001) is a witch fiction and romantic suspense novel. Much of the action takes place in New Hampshire. Readers will find themes of preparatory school teachers, statutory rape, ex-convicts and witches.

Open Library readers give it an average of 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 38 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

It runs to roughly 434 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Salem Falls

Another fluent and absorbing tale by the author of The Pact, Nineteen Minutes and Plain Truth. Jodi Picoult has touched readers deeply with her acclaimed novels. She is gifted with an ability to make us share her characters' feelings.'Picoult writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships.' -The Boston GlobeWrongfully convicted and imprisoned for sexual assault on one of his students, Jack St Bride arrives in Salem Falls determined to rebuild his life. He takes a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner and slowly starts to form a relationship with her in the quiet New England village . . . but the rest of the inhabitants remain suspicious of the stranger.Just when Jack thinks he has outrun his past, a quartet of teenage girls with a secret turn his world upside-down once again, triggering a modern-day witch hunt in a town haunted by its own history.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Preparatory school teachers
  • Ex-convicts in fiction
  • Statutory rape
  • Ex-convicts
  • Statutory rape in fiction
  • Diners, Restaurants
  • Witches
  • Preparatory school teachers in fiction
  • Witches in fiction
  • New Hampshire in fiction
  • Teacher-student relationships
  • Suspense romance
  • New hampshire
  • Teachers

Quick answers

Who wrote Salem Falls?

Salem Falls was written by Jodi Picoult and first published in 2001.

What genre is Salem Falls?

It is usually shelved as Witch Fiction and Romantic Suspense.

How long is Salem Falls?

The median edition has 434 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Salem Falls?

Readers who like it often enjoy Thornyhold, Witchcraft and Dance of the Gods.

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