by Emily Sutton-Smith, D.M. Pulley
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...
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...
*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...
The author has too much going on and too many people going on with it. The book started out great and I was really interested in what sorts of twist might be involved with the bank and the safety deposit boxes. That's what drew me in. But now after finishing the book and having my head spin with...
By: D. M. Pulley (Author), Emily Sutton-Smith (Narrator) ASIN: B00U2T8J20 Publisher: Brillance Audio Publication Date: 3/1/2015 Format: Audio 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...
It was a little slow - and not the most interesting story.
About The Dead Key Paperback: 477 pages Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (March 1, 2015) Grand Prize Winner, 2014 — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Summery: It’s 1998, and for years the old First Bank of Cleveland has sat abandoned, perfectly preserved, its secrets only speculated on by the outside w...
I found it amazing that you could just shut down a bank and leave everything as it is for twenty years. That was a very interesting idea for a book. We get to follow Iris in the present time as she tries to unravel the bank's past and we also get to know Beatrice that worked at the bank in 1978, the...
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