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The Shape of Snakes - Minette Walters
The Shape of Snakes
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A psychological thriller about race, family, and the brutal power of raw emotion.Mrs. Ranelagh has never stopped thinking about the dead body she found in the gutter twenty years ago, during Britain’s Winter of Discontent. “Mad Annie,” as she was known, was the only black resident of her West... show more
A psychological thriller about race, family, and the brutal power of raw emotion.Mrs. Ranelagh has never stopped thinking about the dead body she found in the gutter twenty years ago, during Britain’s Winter of Discontent. “Mad Annie,” as she was known, was the only black resident of her West London neighborhood and openly despised by the community. The police called her death an accident, but Mrs. Ranelagh has always suspected it was murder. However, her pleas for an investigation were met with a vicious hate campaign that drove her and her husband from the country. Now, determined to uncover the truth, Mrs. Ranelagh has returned to England, where she quickly discovers a sordid trail of domestic violence, racism and adultery that shockingly could lead back to her own family.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780307277114 (0307277119)
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.5 The Shape of Snakes by Minette Walters
fraudio, mystery-thriller, britain-england, plague-disease, aga-saga, psychology, revenge Read in April, 2009 Unabridged and read by Francis Barber.Tourette's Syndrome/Racism/Animal cruelty/domestic violence/child abuse/prostitution/alcoholism/rape/disloyalty.An uncomfortable and well executed ta...
kristenrenn
kristenrenn rated it
4.0 The Shape of Snakes
This was a very dark story, and with information doled out in fragmented bits and pieces it was hard to get a sense of what was really going on. However, the story came together in the end and the revelation on the last page really threw the whole book in a new light. Very interesting.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0
Unabridged and read by Francis Barber.Tourette's Syndrome/Racism/Animal cruelty/domestic violence/child abuse/prostitution/alcoholism/rape/disloyalty.An uncomfortable and well executed tale; good stuff.
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
racism and murder, tourette's
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