{"product_id":"the-other-typist-9780399161469","title":"The Other Typist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Take a dollop of Alfred Hitchcock  a dollop of Patricia Highsmith  throw in some Great Gatsby flourishes  and the result is Rindells 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 mens 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 Odalies 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 Odalies high-stakes world. And soon her fascination with Odalie turns into an obsession from which she may never recover.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647264677941,"sku":"ByrdShop_0399161465","price":20.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780399161469.jpg?v=1781691097","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-other-typist-9780399161469","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}