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by Suzanne Rindell
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Maya's Musings
Maya's Musings rated it 5 years ago
This intriguing story captures the tone of New York City in 1924 and has a great premise: Rose Baker, a young female stenographer works in a Manhattan police office, taking the confessions of witnesses and criminals. The arrival of glamourous and independent Odalie, 'the other typist' adds flavour t...
La Mala *the mean girl*
La Mala *the mean girl* rated it 9 years ago
Bravo por la ambientación. Memorias a lo Gran Gatsby. The roaring twenties, el alcohol prohibido...Epocas de flapper girls (Hola, Margaret Mitchell! Siempre tan hermosa, ¿no?...speakeasies......bootleggers.......y la crisis económica fatal acechando, obvio. Historia y decadencia narradas por una s...
Remember When the Music
Remember When the Music rated it 10 years ago
Author Suzanne Rindell crafts an enticing, easy to devour story of deception and sin in her debut novel The Other Typist. This is the kind of book you can (and I certainly did) finish in a single weekend, a pleasurable story full of suspense and scandal. Set in the 1920’s, Rindell’s prose rings with...
In Love of Books and Friendship
In Love of Books and Friendship rated it 10 years ago
If The Great Gatsby and speakeasies speak to you here is a book for you. As a debut novel by Suzanne Rindell I hope there will be more to read by her in the future. It's New York City in the 1920's, we first we learn about Rose who is plain and mousy. Dull clothes and a lackluster personality her...
Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it 10 years ago
This was quite a fun read for me. Set at a police precinct in 1920s New York, it's a mystery about how the bob-haired, modern, extravagant new typist Odalie captivated her plain, straitlaced co-worker Rose. A hefty dose of foreshadowing by a narrator with questionable reliability leads to a deliciou...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it 10 years ago
Denise
Denise rated it 11 years ago
I recognized something was happening the very second she walked in the door for her interview. On that particular day, she entered very calmly and quietly, but I knew: It was like the eye of a hurricane. She was the dark epicenter of something we didn't quite understand yet, the place where hot and ...
Claire loves to read!
Claire loves to read! rated it 11 years ago
I'd like to thank Penguin for the copy of The Other Typist that I received in return for a review. I think this book is a good descriptor of prohibition and all that it entailed. This novel is week written with great attention to detail and likeable characters. It really held my interest, apart from...
Claire loves to read!
Claire loves to read! rated it 11 years ago
I'd like to thank Penguin for the copy of The Other Typist that I received in return for a review.I think this book is a good descriptor of prohibition and all that it entailed. This novel is week written with great attention to detail and likeable characters. It really held my interest, apart from ...
Claire loves to read!
Claire loves to read! rated it 11 years ago
Review: The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell I'd like to thank Penguin for the copy of The Other Typist that I received in return for a review.I think this book is a good descriptor of prohibition and all that it entailed. This novel is week written with great attention to detail and likeable charact...
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