The Other Typist
- Author Suzanne Rindell
- Narrator Gretchen Mol
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 2 January 2014
- Run Time 10 hours and 5 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
New York City, 1924: the height of Prohibition and the whole city swims in bathtub gin. Rose Baker is an orphaned young woman working as a typist in a police precinct on the lower East Side. Every day Rose transcribes the confessions of gangsters and murderers - and 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 at the precinct Rose finds herself falling under the new typist's spell. As the two girls' friendship blossoms, 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?
Critics Review
Darkly, addictively entertaining, with a plot twist Hitchcock would have been proud of
An unreliable narrator makes this enchanting jazz-age thriller a clever and addictive debut
A sleek story of dangerous shenanigans, bootleggers and unreliable narrators, set in the unflappable Jazz Age
The real thrill of this book is that nothing is what it seems. Not least Rose, who reveals herself to be the most untrustworthy of storytellers . . . the book turns into an elegantly controlled emotional thriller with so many twists and turns that there is every chance you will have to read it in one sitting. Hard to believe this is Rindell’s first book – and I’m already looking forward to her second
Elegant, edgy, stylish . . . I was reminded of Zoe Heller’s classic Notes on a Scandal – but with dollops of Sex and the City for welcome Manhattan glamour
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
I was absolutely gripped, I loved it
The tension slowly rises as Rose is inextricably wrapped up in Odalie’s strange world – one in which this glamorous stranger constantly reinvents her past
An intense psychological thriller that will appeal to fans of Notes on a Scandal
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
A genuinely delightful, witty page turner, full of surprises
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