Lady in the lake : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0062390023
- ISBN: 9780062390028
- ISBN: 0062390015
- ISBN: 9780062390011
- ISBN: 9780062390028 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0062390015 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780062390011 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780062390011
- ISBN: 0062390015
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Physical Description:
340 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes author's note. |
Summary, etc.: | "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. 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 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. Cleo Sherwood was a young African-American woman who liked to have a good time. No one seems to know or 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. Cleo's ghost, privy to Maddie's poking and prying, wants to be left alone. Maddie's investigation brings her into contact with people that used to be on the periphery of her life--a 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 people--including the man who shares her bed, a black police officer who cares for Maddie more than she knows."-- |
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Subject: | Reporters and reporting Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction African American women Crimes against Fiction Housewives Fiction Journalists Fiction Baltimore (Md.) 20th century Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 62 of 64 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 3 current holds with 64 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | F LIP (Text) | 34035144457492 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ansonia Public Library | MYS LIPPMAN, LAURA (Text) | 34045120741140 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Beacon Falls Public Library | FIC LIP (Text) | 33120000392578 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | FIC LIPPMAN (Text) | 33750000074034 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/25/2024 |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F LIPPMAN L (Text) | 32544072554396 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Lip (Text) | 33160148499638 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | MYSTERY LIPPMAN (Text) | 34030142865739 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | A M LIP (Text) | 33260000303231 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/LIPPMAN MYSTERY (Text) | 34029145636832 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | MYST LIPPMAN (Text) | 36937000628413 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |