Mystery fans will love this one. Frieda McFadden\u2019s, The Inmate (2024, 332 pages in softcover) has more twists and turns than a Dutch cruller. And there are two timelines, eleven years apart. But the author makes it easy for us to follow. The characters are the same. In the earlier period, they\u2019re teenagers; in the later years, they\u2019re in their late twenties.<\/p>\n
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[Before going on, let me answer a question, asked by a reader. I don\u2019t use the terms \u201cpaperback\u201d and \u201csoftcover\u201d interchangeably. I don\u2019t know if there is an \u201cofficial\u201d difference. To me, a paperback is usually originally published in hardback and then made available in a slick-covered paperback that is typically 4\u201d by 7\u201d. A softcover is often the original publication, the cover is not shiny, and it typically measures 5\u201d by 8\u201d. A hardback has a plain hard cardboard cover with a glossy dust cover. The size is quite variable but usually larger than a softcover or a paperback. However, there no hard and fast rules. Every textbook, workbook, and study guide that I published in sociology or computer science was in softcover regardless of size because I wanted to keep the cost to students as low as possible.]<\/p>\n
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The main character in The Inmate is Brooke Sullivan, a single mother and nurse practitioner. She\u2019s 28 and has a 10-year-old son, Josh. She\u2019s just returned to her home town of Raker, which she left as a teenager. Brooke has inherited her parents\u2019 house and has applied for jobs in and around Raker. The only one that was offered to her was at the prison, the one at which her former boyfriend Shane is serving a life sentence for multiple murders, including the attempted murder of Brooke. Naturally, this makes Brooke feel uneasy, especially because it was mainly her testimony that led the jury to find Shane to be guilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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