Rosalyn Schanzer creates a strong, linear narrative, starting with the hysteria and ending with the lasting effects of those who witnessed the terror of the trials. The accusations were false, but the terror was all too real. It seemed that if people were not accusing someone of being a witch, they were being accused themselves. In Rosalyn Schanzer’s book Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem, the history of the Salem Witch Trials is laid out, from those accusing others of working with the devil, to the great lengths some would go to prove that someone was a witch. During this time, there was an epidemic of witch accusations, resulting in many people being put to death. What if with one statement or random act, a person could be accused of being a witch and sentenced to death? This was the reality for many people living in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Located in Adult Fiction (FIC THORNE) Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer This book is fun, flirty, and fabulous and I can’t wait for Sally Thorne to write another book. The dialogue between the two is clever and after the book ended I wanted more. Lucy and Joshua might hate each other but the tension between the two of them really makes the book. I was enthralled with the story and characters right away. But as the tension increases, Lucy also starts discovering that maybe she doesn’t hate Joshua, and he might not hate her either. Both Lucy and Joshua are up for the same promotion and neither wants to back down. And they like to play games at work, to see who can crack first and to make each other miserable. They both work as executive assistants to co-CEOs so they sit across from each other day in and day out.
The 1904 General Slocum disaster played a prominent role in two of her novels: In the Shadow of Gotham and Secret of the White Rose.Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other, a lot.
Her book In the Shadow of Gotham won the Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America Award for "Best First Crime Novel", the 2010 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and a 2011 Washington Irving Book Award. Her work is known for intricate plots and historical details, with a focus on early criminal science. Her character Simon Ziele is a police detective who lost his fiancée in a steamship accident, and Alistair Sinclair is a talented and egotistical criminologist. Stefanie Pintoff’s books take place in New York City in the early 1900s. Stefanie Pintoff is an American author of historical mystery novels.
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