The Secret History (Donna Tartt)

"The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.”

I am always trying to chase the intense pleasure of my first reading of this book. An absolutely perfect murder mystery set at an elite northeastern college, where our outsider protagonist gets seduced by a charismatic Classics professor into a strange secret society. So atmospheric, so perverse, such unforgettable characters. Whenever the air starts getting crispy, I reach for her.