![]() ![]() Like Sunburn the timing in the opening of this book is a bit (deliberately) confusing. What she can't imagine is how much trouble she will cause by chasing a story that no-one wants her to tell. When she hears about an unidentified body that's been pulled out of the fountain in Druid Hill Park, Maddie thinks she is about to uncover a story that will finally get her name in print. Maddie Schwartz - recently separated from her husband, working her first job as an assistant at the Baltimore Sun wants one thing: a byline. It isn't hard to understand why: it's 1966 and neither the police, the public nor the papers care much when Negro women go missing. Aside from her parents and the two sons she left behind, no one seems to have noticed. ![]() ![]() And is kinda clever.Ĭleo Sherwood disappeared eight months ago. It could be confusing, but it actually works well. And here, in her latest standalone, she adopts the interesting approach of introducing a lot – like lots and lots – of narrators…. ![]() In my review of Sunburn I note that Lippman is vague about the timing of plot elements so is able to keep we readers guessing. I’ve long been a fan of Laura Lippman: her standalone novels as well as her (reporter-turned-PI) Tess Monaghan series. ![]()
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