Suzanne Rindell Livres

A haunting debut novel set against the background of New York City in the 1920s… Confessions are Rose Baker’s job. A typist for the New York City Police Department, she sits in judgment like a high priestess. Criminals come before her to admit their transgressions, and, with a few strokes of the keys before her, she seals their fate. But while she may hear about shootings, knifings, and crimes of passion, as soon as she leaves the room, she reverts to a dignified and proper lady. Until Odalie joins the typing pool. As Rose quickly falls under the stylish, coquettish Odalie’s spell, she is lured into a sparkling underworld of speakeasies and jazz. And what starts as simple fascination turns into an obsession from which she may never recover.

The electric atmosphere of late 1950s New York and a cut-throat publishing world are superbly evoked through the voices of three memorable characters.

Louis Thorn and Haruto Yamada - the Eagle and the Crane - are the star attractions of a daredevil aerial stunt team that traverses Depression-era California. But the tension between them escalates after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. And when a stunt plane crashes, the ensuing investigation struggles with details which don't add up.

A suspenseful and page-turning descent into obsession, love, and murder in the wake of San Francisco's most deadly earthquake – and Suzanne Rindell's most haunting novel since her acclaimed debut The Other TypistNot all secrets are willing to stay buried.Violet may be one of three people in San Francisco grateful for the devastating destruction of the 1906 earthquake, which leaves her and her two best friends unexpectedly wealthy – assuming they can leave the horrifying secret that binds them together buried beneath the rubble. Fearing discovery, the women strike out on their own, and Violet finds herself in a new and fulfilling life of independence.When a whirlwind romance with the city's most eligible widower, Harry Carlyle, lands her in a luxurious mansion as the second Mrs. Carlyle, it seems like all of her dreams of happiness and love have come true. But all is not right in the Carlyle home, and Violet soon finds herself trapped by the lingering specter of the first Mrs. Carlyle, and by the inescapable secrets of her own violent history.

New York City, 1924: the height of Prohibition and the whole city swims in bathtub gin. Rose Baker is working for her bread as a typist in a police precinct on the lower East Side. Every day she transcribes the confessions of gangsters and murderers. When the captivating Odalie begins work at the precinct Rose finds herself falling under the new typist's spell - as do her bosses. As the girls' friendship blossoms, 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?

Set in the summer of 1999, the story follows Sawyer, a young woman navigating her new life in New York City while dealing with a distant fiancé and her aspirations as a writer. Her chance encounter with Nick, the boyfriend of her fiancé's colleague, sparks an unexpected friendship that blossoms through online chats and shared adventures. As they explore the city together every "Summer Friday," Sawyer confronts her feelings of loneliness and the complexities of her relationships, leading to self-discovery and personal growth.

New York, 1958: Die Stadt ist im Aufbruch, besonders das lebendige Stadtviertel Greenwich Village mit seinen Jazzclubs und dem Geist der Beat Generation. Drei junge Menschen haben den Traum, in der aufstrebenden Verlagsbranche ihren Platz zu finden. Cliff, der Sohn eines berühmten Verlegers, ist überzeugt, der nächste große Star am Literaturhimmel zu werden. Eden träumt davon, Lektorin zu werden, wenn sich ihr nur nicht dauernd Steine in den Weg legen würden. Während Miles bereits am Ziel seiner Wünsche angekommen zu sein scheint, auf dem Weg zum umjubelten Schriftsteller. Die Wege der drei kreuzen sich auf ungeahnte Weise ...