The Shape of Snakes by Minette Walters

The Shape of Snakes by Minette Walters

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Book Description
It took a few hours on a rainy winter night for a black woman known as "Mad Annie" to die in a gutter. It will take twenty years for the woman who found her to shape her neighbors' racism, the indifference of the police, and her own rage into the truth.

"Harrowing...These complex characters can be cunning, deceitful, even mad-which is exactly what makes them such absorbing company." (New York Times Book Review)

"Builds tension masterfully." (The Wall Street Journal)

Reader Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: sickening, September 11, 2003 Reviewer: asdfghjkll from San Luis Obispo, CA For me, the stomach-turning cruelty to cats - repeatedly described in horrible detail - and disabled woman alike overrides pretty much everything else about this book. I know this - and worse - goes on in the world but I don't want to read about it also in fiction so quit the book halfway through. Too bad, because Ms. Walters is otherwise an excellent author.