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Apr 18, 2018orange_lobster_23 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A suspenseful Canadian-who-done-it based on a notorious highly publicized 150 year old murder of a wealthy landowner and his housekeeper/mistress; Atwood's narrative probes the life and inner thoughts of the controversial alleged murderess, Grace Mark. Simon Jordan's, amnesia expert and forensic psychologist, attempts to unlock Grace's repressed memories of the murders becomes a "cat-mouse" chase with the cunning Grace. Atwood deftly weaves irony, wit and social commentary into a brutal crime. I was a skeptic (did she, or didn't she) up to the end.