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‘Trouble Island’ by Sharon Short. Minotaur, 336 pages, $29
The aptly named Trouble Island is a dark, foreboding place, located in Lake Erie and containing a large, gothic-like mansion with a few outlying buildings. The island is a midway point for criminals moving between Canada and the United States in 1931.
“Trouble Island,” by by Sharon Short. (Minotaur/Courtesy)
It’s also a refuge — admittedly an uncomfortable one — for two women with different reasons to hide from the world. Rosita McGee owns the island but has sequestered herself away in her large bedroom since her young son Oliver...