Bøger af Suzanne Rindell

DEN ANDEN foregår i New Yorks brølende 1920’ere. Hovedpersonen og bogens fortæller, Rose Baker, er maskinskriverske på en politistation i verden domineret af mænd. Det er hendes opgave at stenografere mordere og andre kriminelles tilståelser i retssalen. DEN ANDEN foregår i en ny æra for kvinder, hvor de victorianske normer er i opbrud. Roses liv ændrer sig for altid da en anden kvinde, Odelia, får arbejde som maskinskriverske på stationen. Rose er fascineret af den udadvendte og sexede Odelia, men snart udvikler sig fascinationen til en farlig besættelse. De to vidt forskellige kvinder udvikler et forhold, hvor de navigerer rundt i New Yorks underverden af speakeasies om natten samtidig med livet på kontoret om dagen. Bogen er The Great Gatsby møder Notes of a Scandal og The Talented Mr Ripley. En bog om en besættelse, der måske bliver til hovedpersonens egen undergang. Forfatteren Suzanne Rindell er i gang med at færdiggøre sin Ph.D. i engelsk litteratur på Rice-universitet. Hun er redaktørassistent på Narrative Magazine og bor i New York. The Other Typist er hendes første roman.

The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell is a thrilling tale of the intoxicating and dark side of friendship. New York City, 1924: the height of Prohibition and the whole city swims in bathtub gin.Rose Baker is an orphaned young woman working for her bread as a typist in a police precinct on the lower East Side. Every day Rose transcribes the confessions of the gangsters and murderers that pass through the precinct. While she may disapprove of the details, she prides herself on typing up the goriest of crimes without batting an eyelid. But when the captivating Odalie begins work at the precinct Rose finds herself falling under the new typist's spell. As do her bosses, the buttoned up Lieutenant Detective and the fatherly Sergeant. As the two girls' friendship blossoms and they flit between the sparkling underworld of speakeasies by night, and their work at the precinct by day, it is not long before Rose's fascination for her new colleague turns to obsession.But just who is the real Odalie, and how far will Rose go to find out?'A mysterious central character, stunning writing and an ending that will leave you reeling makes The Other Typist the kind of book you can't get out of your head' Good Housekeeping'A genuinely delightful, witty page turner, full of surprises' Diva'Take a dollop of Alfred Hitchcock, a dollop of Patricia Highsmith, throw in some Great Gatsby flourishes, and the result is Rindell's debut, a pitch-black comedy about a police stenographer accused of murder in 1920s Manhattan . . . deliciously addictive' Kirkus ReviewsSuzanne Rindell is a doctoral student in American modernist literature at Rice University. The Other Typist is her first novel. She lives in New York City and is currently working on a second novel.

Louis Thorn and Haruto `Harry' Yamada - the Eagle and the Crane - are the star attractions of a daredevil aerial stunt team that traverses Depression-era California. But the relationship between them is complicated, made more so when they are both drawn to the same woman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, they must face some harsh realities.

Three characters find themselves caught up in a series of concealments and betrayals as they navigate through life with the cut-throat world of publishing at its heart.