The First Bank of Cleveland in this book is fascinating. Closed from on day to the next, completely locked up, deserted and then forgotten over time. The story has two different lines, 1978 just before this all happened, and 1998 when Iris, a young architect is asked to draw the building for an upco...
By: D.M. Pulley ISBN: 1542046432 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 11/14/2017 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) D. M. Pulley returns following The Buried Book and The Dead Key with her latest historical fiction THE UNCLAIMED VICTIM—a blending of fact and fiction, history...
Set in and around Detroit in 1952, 9 year old Jasper has just been left at his uncle Leo’s farm. No one knows where his mother Althea has gotten off to and his dad visits when he can. Jasper has many questions and several of those can be answered by secrets kept on the farm. The rest he must hunt ou...
See this and all of my reviews on Mystereity ReviewsIt’s 1998, and for years the old First Bank of Cleveland has sat abandoned, perfectly preserved, its secrets only speculated on by the outside world.Twenty years before, amid strange staff disappearances and allegations of fraud, panicked investors...
When Althea Leary abandons her nine-year-old son, Jasper, he’s left on his uncle’s farm with nothing but a change of clothes and a Bible.It’s 1952, and Jasper isn’t allowed to ask questions or make a fuss. He’s lucky to even have a home and must keep his mouth shut and his ears open to stay in his u...
By: D. M. Pulley ISBN: 9781503936720 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 8/23/2016 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 StarsA special thank you to Lake Union and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. D.M. Pulley returns following her award-winning debut, The Dead Key (2015-highly ...
No one ever tells Jasper Leary anything. His mother has told him to be a good boy for his aunt and uncle and that she’ll be back for him. His uncle and aunt won’t talk about his mother or her past; they just try and carry on as though everything is normal. Jasper’s father is a shadow of himself. Mea...
*Book source ~ Kindle First In 1978, in the month before the First Bank of Cleveland closed its doors in the middle of the night, Beatrice Baker is hired on as a secretary. Relived that her fake papers have landed her the job, all she wants is to do her work and keep her head down. But an immediat...
I really enjoyed this story. I read it in conjuction with the audio version. It did take me a couple of chapters to get used to the narrative flow as it alternated between the past and current day. I especially liked how as the story progressed you started to see the intersection between the past ...
By: D.M. Pulley ASIN: B00LWE0QZM Publisher: Publication Date: 3/1/2015 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars As a former bank manager and regional marketing manager overseeing 30 bank offices from 1979-1994, I am always captivated by these types of stories. Mysterious THE DEAD KEY, is a fascinating an...
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