Suzanne Rindell

Working as a typist for the NYC Police Department in 1923, Rose Baker documents confessions of harrowing crimes and struggles with changing gender roles while clinging to her Victorian ideals and searching for nurturing companionship before becoming obsessed with a glamorous newcomer and her world of bobbed hair, smoking and speakeasies.

The Other Typist

In 1958 Greenwich Village, three ambitious young people--Cliff, the son of a successful book editor; Eden, who dreams of being an editor; and Miles, a talented black writer from Harlem--will do anything to succeed in the competitive world of book publishing.

Three-Martini Lunch

A Novel

Summer Fridays

Eagle & crane

Two young stuntmen confront shocking truths and unlock long-held family secrets during the US internment of Japanese citizens in World War II. Louis Thorn and Haruto ‘Harry’ Yamada are the star attractions of a daredevil aerial stunt team that traverses Depression-era California: Eagle & Crane. The young men have a complicated relationship, due to the Thorn family’s belief that the Yamadas – Japanese immigrants – stole land belonging to them. This tension is inflamed when Louis and Harry are both drawn to the same woman, Ava Brooks. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor there are changes and harsh realities to face. When one of the stunt planes crashes with two charred bodies inside, the authorities conclude that the victims are Harry and his father, escaped from a Japanese internment camp. However, as Agent Bonner is sent to confirm the facts, his ensuing investigation struggles when the details don’t add up and no one seems willing to tell the truth. ‘An epic love story set against a time of upheaval, suspicion and change. A magnificent novel from a great writer’ Adriana Trigiani

Eagle & Crane

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 Typist Which wife holds the darker secret? San Francisco, 1906. Violet is one of three people grateful for the destruction of the big earthquake. It leaves her and her two best friends unexpectedly wealthy--if the secret that binds them together stays buried beneath the rubble. Fearing discovery, the women strike out on their own, and orphaned, wallflower Violet reinvents herself. 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 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.

The Two Mrs. Carlyles

A free preview of The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell "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.... A deliciously addictive, cinematically influenced page-turner, both comic and provocative." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review For fans of The Talented Mr. Ripley and The Great Gatsby comes one of the most memorable unreliable narrators in years. Rose Baker seals men’s fates. With a few strokes of the keys that sit before her, she can send a person away for life in prison. A typist in a New York City Police Department precinct, Rose is like a high priestess. Confessions are her job. It is 1923, and while she may hear every detail about shootings, knifings, and murders, as soon as she leaves the interrogation room she is once again the weaker sex, best suited for filing and making coffee. This is a new era for women, and New York is a confusing place for Rose. Gone are the Victorian standards of what is acceptable. All around her women bob their hair, they smoke, they go to speakeasies. Yet prudish Rose is stuck in the fading light of yesteryear, searching for the nurturing companionship that eluded her childhood. When glamorous Odalie, a new girl, joins the typing pool, despite her best intentions Rose falls under Odalie’s spell. As the two women navigate between the sparkling underworld of speakeasies by night and their work at the station by day, Rose is drawn fully into Odalie’s high-stakes world. And soon her fascination with Odalie turns into an obsession from which she may never recover.

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Sie ist eine einfache Schreibkraft. Doch sie hat alle in der Hand ... Mit ein paar Anschlägen auf ihrer Schreibmaschine kann sie jemanden lebenslang ins Gefängnis befördern. Rose Baker arbeitet als Stenotypistin im New York City Police Department. Geständnisse zählen zu ihrem Alltag. Es ist das Jahr 1923. Und wenngleich Rose grausame Details über Messerstechereien und Morde protokolliert – sobald sie den Verhörraum verlässt, zählt sie wieder zum schwachen Geschlecht. Doch die Zeiten ändern sich. Die Frauen auf New Yorks Straßen tragen Bob, trinken Alkohol. Die prüde Rose allerdings hängt am Bild der fürsorglichen Frau. Und an dem charmanten Seargent, den sie heimlich anhimmelt. Bis eines Tages eine neue Kollegin kommt: die glamouröse Odalie. Sie entführt Rose in die Nachtclubs der Stadt. Rose ist schockiert – und ebenso fasziniert. Aus Faszination wird Obsession. Und dann gibt es einen mysteriösen Todesfall ...

Roman

Die Frau an der Schreibmaschine

Martini für drei

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 ...

Una obsesiva historia entre dos mujeres ambientada en el Nueva York de los años veinte. Con ingredientes de novela negra, La otra mecanógrafa gira en torno al tema de la suplantación de la personalidad y de las distintas versiones que se pueden elaborar de un mismo suceso. En 1922, la jornada laboral en la comisaría del distrito del Lower East Side, en Nueva York, transcurre al ritmo impuesto por una nueva ley que prohíbe la producción, venta y transporte de bebidas alcohólicas. El trabajo se va acumulando, pero Rose Baker no se queja: es mecanógrafa de profesión y su tarea consiste en escuchar y reproducir fielmente las palabras de los criminales que cada día desfilan por el edificio. Robos, sobornos y delitos de sangre son su pan de cada día, así que parece una mujer difícil de impresionar, pero todo cambia la mañana en que Odalie entra a formar parte del equipo: mientras Rose lleva el pelo castaño recogido en un discretomoño, Odalie se atreve a estrenar melena a la garçonne, a fumar y a frecuentar los mejores restaurantes, sin preocuparse demasiado por la cuenta. Su mirada fascina a hombres y mujeres, y Rose cae en sus redes, viviendo con ella los placeres ocultos que reserva la ciudad de Nueva York a quien sabe disfrutar de lo bueno. ¿Qué es mentira y qué verdad en la vida de Odalie? Habrá que leer hasta la última página para entender un juego perverso, deudor de la novela negra y del mejor cine, que el talento de Suzanne Rindell convierte en gran literatura. Reseña: «Mejor no empezar esta novela antes de ir a dormir...Te arriesgas a pasar la noche en blanco.» Alice LaPlante, The New York Times

La otra mecanógrafa

Perfect for fans of Lara Prescott's The Secrets We Kept, this haunting debut novel--and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year--is 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.

Ce matin de 1924, quand Rose Baker, sténo-dactylographe au commissariat du Lower East Side, lève les yeux de sa machine à écrire, elle est saisie par la beauté, l'élégance et le magnétisme de sa nouvelle collègue. Elle n'est pas la seule, car Odalie envoûte tout le monde sur son passage. Pour Rose, jeune femme sans éclat, marquée par la rigueur de son éducation religieuse, cette rencontre signe le début d'une nouvelle vie. Et les deux femmes, pourtant aux antipodes l'une de l'autre, deviennent vite inséparables. Au contact d'Odalie, Rose perd ses repères, renie ses principes, découvre la grande vie et le monde interlope, celui des bars clandestins et des bootleggers. Mais bientôt, la fascination que Rose voue à son amie se meut en véritable obsession et les questions se bousculent : qui est vraiment Odalie ? D'où sort-elle tout cet argent qui lui permet de mener grand train? Et pourquoi élude-t-elle toutes les questions sur son passé? Le faste et l'opulence du roman Gatsby le magnifique alliés à la tension psychologique de Chronique d'un scandale :un roman hypnotique.

Mon amie Odalie

Vice et Vertu

Una obsessiva història d'amor, amb ingredients de novel·la negra, entre dues dones al Nova York dels anys vint. El 1922, la jornada laboral a la comissaria del districte del Lower East Side, a Nova York, transcorre al ritme que imposa la nova llei que prohibeix la producció, la venda i el transport de begudes alcohòliques. La feina es va acumulant però la Rose Baker no es queixa: és mecanògrafa de professió i la seva tasca consisteix a escoltar i reproduir fidelment les paraules dels delinqüents que desfilen cada dia per la comissaria. Robatoris, suborns i delictes de sang són el pa de cada dia, així doncs, la mecanògrafa sembla una dona difícil d'impressionar, però tot canvia el matí que l'Odalie entra a formar part del seu equip. Mentre que la Rose porta els cabells castanys discretament recollits, l'Odalie s'atreveix a anar pentinada a la garçonne, a fumar i a sovintejar els millors restaurants sense preocupar-se pel compte. Té una mirada que fascina homes i dones, i la Rose cau a la seva xarxa i viu amb ella els plaers ocults que la ciutat de Nova York reserva a qui sap gaudir del que és bo. Què és mentida i què és veritat en la vida de l'Odalie? Haurem de llegir fins a la darrera pàgina per arribar a entendre un joc pervers, deutor de la novel·la negra i del millor cinema, que el talent de Suzanne Rindell converteix en literatura amb majúscules. «Més val no començar a llegir aquesta novel·la abans d'anar a dormir... T'arrisques a passar la nit en blanc.» Alice LaPlante, New York Times

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