In fact, one survey on community attitudes conducted in 2009 found that 74 per cent of jury-eligible New Yorkers blamed “senior-level corporate executives” acting with “greed and carelessness” for the economic crisis, and almost half the respondents believed that if the US government accused a senior-level corporate executive of committing financial fraud, he or she probably did it.
With the wounds of the financial crisis still raw - beloved homes foreclosed, jobs lost, families struggling, futures uncertain - it wasn’t difficult to convince people to think the worst of anyone connected to the financial industry. But if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Justice Department wanted to plant seeds of suspicion in the public mind - and in the minds of future jurors - they couldn’t have chosen a better way to do so. Of course, the reporter didn’t name the “people close to the situation” who had provided the information and I’ll never know for sure where the leak came from. The article repeated the same vague allegations I’d already heard, with no more detail on the specifics. My inbox and voicemail were full of concerned messages from friends and colleagues who had read the story on the front page of the morning paper. Set in a world of twisted fairytales, The Severed Thread combines lost ruins, ride-or-die friendships, and heart-pounding romance.“Goldman Director In Probe”, declared the headline. But there’s a darkness creeping inside him-a sinister bond to the Spindle Witch he can’t escape.Īll hopes of restoring Andar rest on deciphering a mysterious book code, finding the hidden city of the last Witches, and uncovering a secret lost for centuries-one that just might hold the key to the Spindle Witch’s defeat. But she’s in for the fight of her life against Red, the right hand of the Spindle Witch who she’s also, foolishly, hellbent on saving.īriar Rose would do anything to restore his kingdom. The Severed Thread Leslie Vedder (36) Kindle Edition 10.99 3 The Bone Spindle: The Cursed Rose: Book 3 Leslie Vedder Kindle Edition Page Editorial Reviews About the Author Leslie Vedder is a YA author who loves girl heroes and adventurers. The Spindle Witch, the Witch Hunters, and Fi’s own Butterfly Curse all stand between them and happily ever after. Which threads of fate will hold-and which will break?Ĭlever, bookish Fi and her brash, ax-wielding partner Shane are back in this action-packed sequel to the bestselling The Bone Spindle, the gender-flipped Sleeping Beauty retelling, perfect for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Cruel Prince.įi has awakened the sleeping prince, but the battle for Andar is far from over.
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