The Killing Bee

Lobbying hard for a gifted and talented program at the local school for their precocious offspring, Jacob Burns and his comrades are stunned when Sam Meckel, the unpopular principal at the school and a fierce opponent of their cause, is found dead, bludgeoned to death with a spelling bee trophy. Original.

Matt Witten has written four Jacob Burns novels: Breakfast at Madeline's, Grand Delusion, Strange Bedfellows, and The Killing Bee.  He's written for several television shows including Law & Order, House, and Pretty Little Liars.  His published stage plays include The Deal, Washington Square Moves, and The Ties That Bind.  His first movie, Drones, will be released in 2014. Matt lived in Saratoga Springs, New York, for ten years with his wife Nancy, who was an English professor, and their two young sons.  (Not that The Killing Bee is autobiographical or anything!)