Olivia Hudson is a drama teacher at a Manhattan girls school. She refuses to let her uncle play the role of dupe in a real-life revenge story.
This book is a re-releases that takes place around the cold war. It was a fairly quick read. While some might say it’s a bit outdated, I found that it has become relevant again with everything that has happened since our last election. Overall it wasn’t a bad read and I would probably read more from this author if she something a bit more recent.
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This book is beautifully written. The descriptions help visualize the book as you are drawn into the story. Very nicely done

I did not finish this book. I could not engage with the story or the characters.

Olivia Hudson is a drama teacher. Her uncle, John Paul Markcus, is a well-respected man with an unimpeachable reputation. So why does Raymond Pankerman want to take him down?

Pankerman hires a failed playwright to come up with a hoax .. a plot ... that will destroy Marcus' reputation. Doesn't have to be true ... it only needs to be thought of as true. There's also a fledging actress to perpetuate a supernatural swindle.

Olivia refuses to let anyone denigrate her uncle.

It is Olivia's voice that tells the story. She's actually recording her words and telling the world what really happened. This book was Inspired by the mob mentality of the postwar McCarthy hearings.

Written in the early 60s, it has an outdated feel to it. The premise is a good one. I think it could have been better. It was a short read ...less than 200 pages. It was like trying to swim in mud. Not too interesting and not at all suspenseful.

I have read much better books by this author ... I can only surmise she was having an off day when this one was written.

Many thanks to Open Road Integrated Media / Netgalley for the digital copy of this book. The opinion expressed here is unbiased and entirely my own.