The Lobster That Ate the President

The summer after September 11 brings another nationwide tragedy to the tiny village of Goose Neck, Maine. After the president of the United States drowns under mysterious circumstances, researcher, Cassandra Jones begins a new life, studying the effects of the overwhelming numbers of tragedy tourists on the people of Goose Neck. But when her old life catches up to her, she must decide where her loyalties lie: to her work, to her past or to the new people and town she has come to love.

In this first novel, Shannon Nolte blurs the line between research and fiction, exploring our need to visit sites of tragedy as well as our need to escape, literally and figuratively, our everyday lives.