Death in Her Hands
- 272
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Death in Her Hands” turns the murder mystery inside out, with Ottessa Moshfegh’s precise prose and an unreliable narrator at its centre. Vesta builds a whole story around a possible crime, and it is never certain how much of it is real. Some readers find the unease rewarding; others are left baffled by an ending that offers no answers. Readers who prefer atmosphere and ambiguity to a tidy solution are its natural audience.
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About the book
Death in Her Hands is a 2020 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.7 across 101 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 41% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 5 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 6.7 | 96 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Death in Her Hands?
It has 272 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
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