β Scribed by Emma Flint
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
****ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2017
********A THE TIMES (UK) BOOK OF THE MONTH
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"A phenomenal achievement."---Jeffery Deaver
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"A gem of a whodunit." ---Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl
It's 1965 in a tight-knit working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York, and Ruth Malone--a single mother who works long hours as a cocktail waitress--wakes to discover her two small children, Frankie Jr. and Cindy, have gone missing. Later that day, Cindy's body is found in a derelict lot a half mile from her home, strangled. Ten days later, Frankie Jr.'s decomposing body is found. Immediately, all fingers point to Ruth.
As police investigate the murders, the detritus of Ruth's life is exposed. Seen through the eyes of the cops, the empty bourbon bottles and provocative clothing which litter her apartment, the piles of letters from countless men...
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