Lady in the Lake - Lippman, Laura
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In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know?everyone, that is, except Madeline ?Maddie? Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage, determined to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Working at the Star newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in a city park lake. Cleo Sherwood was a young black woman who liked to have a good time. No one seems to care why she was killed except Maddie?and the dead…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know?everyone, that is, except Madeline ?Maddie? Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage, determined to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Working at the Star newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in a city park lake. Cleo Sherwood was a young black woman who liked to have a good time. No one seems to care why she was killed except Maddie?and the dead woman herself. Maddie's going to find the truth about Cleo's life and death?even if Cleo's ghost wants her to stop her investigation before she goes too deep . . .
Autorenporträt
Since Laura Lippman's debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the ?essential? crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her ?special, even extraordinary,? and Gillian Flynn wrote, ?She is simply a brilliant novelist.? Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.