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August 2022. Five years later, I am still seething with indignation.
5★
“Joe Cinque is dead.”
Vivacious, beautiful Anu Singh tells friends she’s going to commit suicide, claiming her boyfriend (Joe Cinque) hooked her on ipecac (for weight loss), and it has destroyed her body. We think she mentions “taking someone with her” to her best friend. Joe knows nothing of this.
She plans this for a long time, sourcing drugs, researching how to use them, and even getting lessons in to inject heroin.
She invite ...more
5★
“Joe Cinque is dead.”
Vivacious, beautiful Anu Singh tells friends she’s going to commit suicide, claiming her boyfriend (Joe Cinque) hooked her on ipecac (for weight loss), and it has destroyed her body. We think she mentions “taking someone with her” to her best friend. Joe knows nothing of this.
She plans this for a long time, sourcing drugs, researching how to use them, and even getting lessons in to inject heroin.
She invite ...more
Fantastic read. Provoked an emotional response, which is for me a sign of a truly good book. Makes you think about our justice system and how inadequate it can sometimes be.
Oct 20, 2014
Russell
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