Pressure builds in Prohibition-era ‘Hassle Island;’ ‘The Rivals’ takes on the bots

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‘Hassle Island’ by Sharon Quick. Minotaur, 336 pages, $29

The aptly named Hassle Island is a darkish, foreboding place, positioned in Lake Erie and containing a big, gothic-like mansion with just a few outlying buildings. The island is a halfway level for criminals transferring between Canada and america in 1931.

“Hassle Island,” by by Sharon Quick. (Minotaur/Courtesy)

It’s additionally a refuge — admittedly an uncomfortable one — for 2 girls with completely different causes to cover from the world. Rosita McGee owns the island however has sequestered herself away in her giant bed room since her younger son Oliver died on the island. The employees members who stay on the island imagine Aurelia Escalante is Rosita’s maid, however the fact is way darker. Aurelia is an alias, adopted when she fled the mainland after committing against the law that made her a goal of different criminals. Rosita and Aurelia was associates however at the moment are co-conspirators.

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