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Lady in the lake : a novel / Laura Lippman.

Summary:

In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know-everyone, that is, except Madeline Ù¢MaddieÙ£ Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life. Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl - assistance that leads to a job at the city's 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: a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake.--inside cover
"New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman returns with a new stand-alone novel about a middle aged housewife turned aspiring reporter Maddie Schwartz, who is determined to solve the murder of a forgotten young woman in order to make her own reputation"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062390011
  • ISBN: 0062390015
  • ISBN: 9780062390028
  • Physical Description: 340 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Subject:
African American women > Crimes against > Fiction.
Reporters and reporting > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Journalists > Fiction.
Housewives > Fiction.
Baltimore (Md.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 93 of 100 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 100 total copies.
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Richlands Branch Library FIC LIPPMAN (Text) 36015001343041 Adult Fiction Available -
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Swansboro Branch Library FIC LIPPMAN (Text) 36015001091525 Adult Fiction Available -