Little deaths
Subtitle: a novel
By: Emma Flint
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780316272476
Subjects: Social life and customs; Journalists; Single mothers; Children; Crimes against; Fiction
Description: "It's 1965 in a tight-knit working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York, and Ruth Malone--a single mother who works long hours as a cocktail waitress--wakes to discover her two small children, Frankie Jr. and Cindy, have gone missing. Later that day, Cindy's body is found in a derelict lot a half mile from her home, strangled. Ten days later, Frankie Jr.'s decomposing body is found. Immediately, all fingers point to Ruth. As police investigate the murders, the detritus of Ruth's life is exposed... Did Ruth Malone violently kill her own children, is she a victim of circumstance--or is there something more sinister at play?"--