Lady in the lake : a novel / Laura Lippman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062390042 (large print trade pbk)
- Physical Description: 441 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 1st HarperLuxe [large print] ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
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Subject: | Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Women, Black > Crimes against > Fiction. Housewives > Fiction. Journalists > Fiction. Baltimore (Md.) > 20th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. Noir fiction. Historical fiction. Amateur sleuth mystery. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Headingley Municipal Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Headingley Municipal Library | LP LIP (Text) | 36440000276610 | Large Print | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A divorced reporter in racially torn 1966 Baltimore triggers unanticipated consequences for vulnerable community members while investigating the murder of an African-American party girl. - Baker & Taylor
A divorced reporter in racially torn 1966 Baltimore triggers unanticipated consequences for vulnerable community members while investigating the murder of an African-American party girl. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Sunburn. (suspense). Simultaneous. - HARPERCOLL
SOON TO BE A SERIES FROM APPLE TV!
A New York Times Bestseller
The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.Â
In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to knowâeveryone, that is, except Madeline âMaddieâ Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, sheâs bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life.
ÂMaddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girlâassistance that leads to a job at the cityâs afternoon newspaper, the Star. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: Cleo Sherwood, a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake.
ÂIf Cleo were white, every reporter in Baltimore would be clamoring to tell her story. Instead, her mysterious death receives only cursory mention in the daily newspapers, and no one cares when Maddie starts poking around in a young Black woman's lifeâexcept for Cleo's ghost, who is determined to keep her secrets and her dignity. Cleo scolds the ambitious Maddie:Â You're interested in my death, not my life. They're not the same thing.
ÂMaddieâs investigation brings her into contact with people that used to be on the periphery of her lifeâa jewelry store clerk, a waitress, a rising star on the Baltimore Orioles, a patrol cop, a hardened female reporter, a lonely man in a movie theater. But for all her ambition and drive, Maddie often fails to see the people right in front of her. Her inability to look beyond her own needs will lead to tragedy and turmoil for all sorts of peopleâincluding Ferdie, the man who shares her bed, a police officer who is risking far more than Maddie can understand.