By: Laura Lippman
By: 978-0063000032
Publisher: William Morrow
Publication Date: 01/02/222
Format: Other
My Rating: TBR
In a suspenseful collection of stories featuring fierce women—including one never-before-published novella—New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today’s top crime writers.
The award-winning master of psychological suspense is in top form in this collection of diverse and diabolically clever stories.
In the never-before-published “Just One More,” a married couple—longing for that old romantic spark—creates a playful diversion that comes with unexpected consequences.
Lippman’s beloved Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan keeps a watchful eye on a criminally resourceful single father in “Seasonal Work,” while her mother, Judith, realizes that the life of “The Everyday Housewife” is an excellent cover for all kinds of secrets.
In “Slow Burner,” a husband’s secret cell phone proves to be a dicey temptation for a suspicious wife.
A father’s hidden past piques the curiosity of a young snoop in “The Last of Sheila-Locke Holmes.”
Plus seven other brilliantly crafted stories of deception, murder, dangerous games, and love gone wrong—irrefutable evidence that Laura Lippman’s riveting fiction will more than satisfy any crime reader.
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Praise
"This collection of a dozen delightful stories from Lippman (“Tess Monaghan” series; Dream Girl) feature resourceful women from many walks of life... A must for Lippman fans and devotees of female-empowerment crime fiction."
-- Library Journal (starred review)
"Clever, well-paced, laced with humor and insight—damn fine short stories."
-- Kirkus Reviews
“Haunting . . . extraordinary . . . Lippman, who is the closest writer America has to Ruth Rendell, is after bigger game. The arc of Maddie’s character—her mid-1960s ‘journey,’ if you like—reflects the gulf which then existed between what women were expected to be and what they aspired to be.”
-- Stephen King, New York Times, on Lady in the Lake
“Don’t miss this novel.”
-- Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author, on Lady in the Lake
“Inspired by the unsolved death of Shirley Parker... Lippman’s ambitious novel weaves some 20 points of view into a seamless, vivid whole. The novel demonstrates that Lippman, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, is both a skilled journalist and a masterful novelist.”
-- Washington Post
“[Lippman] tells a classic mystery through the prism of many characters, all feeling the reverberations of dawning feminism and racial tension in civil-rights-era Baltimore...Lady in the Lake is aching, thoughtful, and compulsively readable.”
-- Vanity Fair
“Baltimore in the mid-1960s is the setting of Lady in the Lake, the latest novel from the ever impressive Laura Lippman...Lippman’s book is revelatory, too, in showing the personal and professional costs to others—friends, loved ones, sources, witnesses—of Maddie’s single-minded quest for achievement and recognition.” -
- Wall Street Journal
“[Lippman] only seems to be getting better.”
-- Entertainment Weekly
“Riveting…This is a superb character study, a terrific newspaper novel, and a fascinating look at urban life and racial discrimination in the ’60s…Lippman’s critical acclaim and sales figures continue to climb, and this genre-crossing thriller will extend her reach still further.”
-- Booklist (starred review)
“Great book. Well paced. Beautifully observed details. Interesting characters and nuance in the right places. [...] Thoroughly enjoyed this book and the protagonist who is flawed and brilliant and ruthless and unapologetic.”
-- Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger
About the Author
photo credit: Leslie Unruh
Since Laura Lippman's debut in 1997, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the "essential" crime writers of the last 100 years. Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her daughter. WEBSITE
