The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
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The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Lower East Side who stowed away...
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Tanzanite: Born from Lightning
Didier Brodbeck and Hayley Henning
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Upon the discovery of Tanzanite in Tanzania a specimen was entrusted to the stonecutter Manuel de...
A History of American Sports in 100 Objects
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What artifact best captures the spirit of American sports? The bat Babe Ruth used to hit his...
The Routledge Handbook of International Beat Literature
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There was a time when "the Beats" seemed a familiar, even fixed, pantheon: Kerouac, Ginsberg,...
The Taste of Belgium
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First published in 1996 (and selling over 50,000 copies) but out of print for many years, now back...
Bad Girls from History: Wicked or Misunderstood?
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You wont be familiar with every one of the huge array of women featured in these pages, but all,...
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Christine A. (965 KP) rated The Turn of The Key in Books
Sep 10, 2019
What would you do if you were in jail for murder? Try to get someone to help you, of course. That is exactly what the main character in Ruth Ware's latest, The Turn of the Key, attempts to do. From her jail cell, Rowan Caine writes her lawyer begging for his help.
I work in a courtroom in the criminal court system and hear trial after trial of people accused of various felonious crimes, including murder. I heard countless defendants testify. However, their stories are always fed bit by bit as the attorneys ask questions. This book is a defendant's story as it happened, from her point of view, from start to finish.
While I enjoyed the format, I found the story hard to get into. I am glad that I finished reading it because the surprise ending makes the story worth reading.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the story takes place inside a smart house. The house is so central to the story it could be considered a character itself. Ware makes us question whether the convenience of smart technology is worth the lack of privacy.
The story is a slow burn but worth reading.
This 200-word review was published on Philomathinphila.com on 9/9/19.
The Woman in the Window
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“Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing.” —Gillian Flynn “Unputdownable.” —Stephen King “A...
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A Dangerous Life (DCI Jack Callum #2)
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A tortured body is found hanging from a tree DCI Jack Cullum leads the investigation into this...
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