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She’ll Take Manhattan

Dope by Sara Gran

August 25, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

Dope is such a solid crime novel that it makes me want to immediately clear my TBR pile and read Sara Gran’s entire catalogue. The problem with that is I’ve tried to read Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead so many times and have never been able to get into it. I just can’t connect with the inner monologue of the titular character. Which sucks because it’s doubtless that Sara Gran is a talented writer. I picked this one up when I saw it on a […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: 1950s, Dope, drug addiction, Manhattan, mystery, New York City, sara gran

Jake's CBR11 Review No:85 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: 1950s, Dope, drug addiction, Manhattan, mystery, New York City, sara gran ·
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