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bookph1le's review against another edition
4.0
A good page-turning mystery/thriller with an original and intriguing setup.
jcaballero0725's review against another edition
3.0
I normally like mysteries, and this one was no exception. It was a page turner because it made you want to find out what happened at the end. The reason I gave it a 3 rating was because I thought the ending was not as exciting as the buildup and I am the type that likes everything answered in the end and I found I still had questions.
gatun's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed The Dead Key. I read the entire book in one day. The characters were well written. The mystery had a nice twist. The only reason it did not get 5 stars is I was confused about the ending specifically for three characters. I will probably need to reread it to clear the confusion up. I would recommend it for anyone who enjoys a good mystery and strong empowered female characters.
anna_giub's review against another edition
5.0
Really interesting plot made better by the fact it is set in Cleveland. Familiar streets and locations made it feel very intimate throughout the book
chismar925's review against another edition
5.0
Great read especially for clevelanders
Very interesting story rooted in the dark past of a city. The detail of the city and its past as well.as its future makes for a very intriguing story
Very interesting story rooted in the dark past of a city. The detail of the city and its past as well.as its future makes for a very intriguing story
ameserole's review against another edition
4.0
Listen to the audio.
The Dead Key was a pretty good book. I was interested and hooked from the start. I just wanted to know how everything tied Beatrice to Iris within this book. Plus, this whole mysterious dead key was highly interesting.
I couldn't tell you if I like Iris more than Beatrice or vice versa. Both women are completely different and I loved them both equally. I loved how the writing would go to the past and then the future. I think that D.M. Pulley did a really good job tying up loose ends and making everything flow throughout the book.
I guess the one thing I didn't like about this book was the ending. WHY did someone I like have to just die? UGH! Then the whole finding out what happened to Max and Beatrice took forever. THEN the whole are they dead or are they living somewhere really cool took forever to find out as well. I just wanted to know!!
Other than that it was honestly a pretty interesting book. I was instantly sold on the whole kindle free part and that it had an audio. Boy do I love my freaking audio books at work!
I can't wait to find another book by this author to dive into!
The Dead Key was a pretty good book. I was interested and hooked from the start. I just wanted to know how everything tied Beatrice to Iris within this book. Plus, this whole mysterious dead key was highly interesting.
I couldn't tell you if I like Iris more than Beatrice or vice versa. Both women are completely different and I loved them both equally. I loved how the writing would go to the past and then the future. I think that D.M. Pulley did a really good job tying up loose ends and making everything flow throughout the book.
I guess the one thing I didn't like about this book was the ending. WHY did someone I like have to just die? UGH! Then the whole finding out what happened to Max and Beatrice took forever. THEN the whole are they dead or are they living somewhere really cool took forever to find out as well. I just wanted to know!!
Other than that it was honestly a pretty interesting book. I was instantly sold on the whole kindle free part and that it had an audio. Boy do I love my freaking audio books at work!
I can't wait to find another book by this author to dive into!
judithdcollins's review against another edition
4.0
As a former bank manager and regional marketing manager overseeing 30 bank offices from 1979-1994, I am always captivated by these types of stories. Mysterious THE DEAD KEY, is a fascinating and complex debut suspense thriller, by D. M. Pulley involving the banking world, fraud, murder, affairs, conspiracy, and its mysterious lock boxes.
The book flashes back and forth from 1978 to 1998, where readers learn of the mysterious First Bank of Cleveland, an old abandoned building with a guard 24/7. It is the holder of dark hidden secrets, and a place for the homeless to sneak in through its tunnels.
Some odd twenty years prior, there were all sorts of disappearances, allegations of fraud, unhappy customers, and investors --- Cleveland’s largest bank was sold in the middle of the night. No customers, employees, or customers were allowed with a federal investigation. For some odd reason, the keys to the vault’s safe-deposit boxes were lost. Was someone stealing from the lock boxes or safety deposit boxes?
In 1998, we have a young bright and eager young engineer, Iris Latch who stumbles upon an astonishing clue which may be connected to the mystery, during a renovation review of the property. She becomes obsessed with the mystery of the keys, the boxes, and the lives of those connected to the bank’s past. However, the more she digs, she puts herself in harms way. Someone is lurking in the shadows.
Needless to say the historical part was much more interesting than the latter more present day. I liked the characters from the earlier days, as more intriguing. As author takes us back and forth between the two eras, we meet two different women, caught up in the same mystery as the pieces unravel.
1998-Iris Latch 23-years old, assigned to work off-site, as a civil engineer, to view the architecture of the abandoned bank building with another fellow employee. She of course is thrilled to leave her cubicle for some adventure. She finds it rather strange nothing has been touched for the twenty years when the bank was shut down. She finds a key to the safe deposit box #547 and slowly stumbles upon a web of deceit and lies and a crime of the past. She now is in danger, and someone has put the secrets to bed, and the most curious of all why the guard around the clock?
1978-Beatrice Banker is a sixteen year old who works at the bank in the secretarial pool. Her aunt helped her get the job as she was really not old enough. A fast-paced suspense which had me glued to my iPod to find out how these stories connect. There is a mystery surrounding her aunt. She does not trust anyone. Beatrice escaped a bad home life and stayed with her aunt. She also met Max, another secretary, who became involved as well as other women and the bank manager.
The narrator, Emily Sutton-Smith delivers an intense performance, combined with the dialogue and connection of two different stories, for an engaging debut!
We all know this is fiction as banks are all about dual control when it comes to the vault and compliance. However, this is not to say, banks, employees, officers, or investors, cannot get involved in politics, wire and bank fraud, as plenty of it happening in today’s world of conspiracy and greed.
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The book flashes back and forth from 1978 to 1998, where readers learn of the mysterious First Bank of Cleveland, an old abandoned building with a guard 24/7. It is the holder of dark hidden secrets, and a place for the homeless to sneak in through its tunnels.
Some odd twenty years prior, there were all sorts of disappearances, allegations of fraud, unhappy customers, and investors --- Cleveland’s largest bank was sold in the middle of the night. No customers, employees, or customers were allowed with a federal investigation. For some odd reason, the keys to the vault’s safe-deposit boxes were lost. Was someone stealing from the lock boxes or safety deposit boxes?
In 1998, we have a young bright and eager young engineer, Iris Latch who stumbles upon an astonishing clue which may be connected to the mystery, during a renovation review of the property. She becomes obsessed with the mystery of the keys, the boxes, and the lives of those connected to the bank’s past. However, the more she digs, she puts herself in harms way. Someone is lurking in the shadows.
Needless to say the historical part was much more interesting than the latter more present day. I liked the characters from the earlier days, as more intriguing. As author takes us back and forth between the two eras, we meet two different women, caught up in the same mystery as the pieces unravel.
1998-Iris Latch 23-years old, assigned to work off-site, as a civil engineer, to view the architecture of the abandoned bank building with another fellow employee. She of course is thrilled to leave her cubicle for some adventure. She finds it rather strange nothing has been touched for the twenty years when the bank was shut down. She finds a key to the safe deposit box #547 and slowly stumbles upon a web of deceit and lies and a crime of the past. She now is in danger, and someone has put the secrets to bed, and the most curious of all why the guard around the clock?
1978-Beatrice Banker is a sixteen year old who works at the bank in the secretarial pool. Her aunt helped her get the job as she was really not old enough. A fast-paced suspense which had me glued to my iPod to find out how these stories connect. There is a mystery surrounding her aunt. She does not trust anyone. Beatrice escaped a bad home life and stayed with her aunt. She also met Max, another secretary, who became involved as well as other women and the bank manager.
The narrator, Emily Sutton-Smith delivers an intense performance, combined with the dialogue and connection of two different stories, for an engaging debut!
We all know this is fiction as banks are all about dual control when it comes to the vault and compliance. However, this is not to say, banks, employees, officers, or investors, cannot get involved in politics, wire and bank fraud, as plenty of it happening in today’s world of conspiracy and greed.
#JDCMustReadBooks
jwrosenberg69's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book. It was particulalry fun to read a “whodunit” between two time periods, twenty years apart. The characters were very interesting, and I kept at it and read the book quickly. I also like that the author was a structural engineer and she put her knowledge into the book but didn’t overdo it. I was a little disappointed at the end, without giving anything away, I would have wanted to know more about the last character mentioned.
cruziegirl's review against another edition
5.0
Surprising read
This book caught my interest and kept it all of the way to the end. The idea of an abandoned building and the events from 20 years before. I'm not usually a mystery fan but this is a good one.
This book caught my interest and kept it all of the way to the end. The idea of an abandoned building and the events from 20 years before. I'm not usually a mystery fan but this is a good one.