A writer discovers the truth about her past in this haunting and multi-layered thriller from the multi-award-winning New York Times bestseller.What if you found out that the central story of your life was a lie?A successful writer returns to her hometown of Baltimore on the hunt for new material and stumbles into the middle of a mystery which takes her back to her schooldays.Former classmate Callie Jenkins hit the headlines when she was jailed for 7 years having refused to give up the...
Seven deliciously dark, funny and twisted short stories from one of America’s top crime writers.EXCLUSIVE EBOOK EDITION ALSO INCLUDES A FREE EXTRACT FROM LAURA’S FORTHCOMING NOVEL THE INNOCENTS.If you haven’t discovered Laura Lippman yet, delve into these seven ingenious tales and read an exclusive extract from Laura’s latest novel The Innocents.In this short story collection we are taken back to richly drawn 1975 where we meet Sofia and her degenerate gambling father in ‘Hardly Knew Her’; and...
Years ago, they were the best of friends. But as time passed, they grew apart, became adults with families of their own, and began to forget about the past – and the terrible lies they shared.But now Gordon, the youngest and wildest of the five, has died and the others are thrown together for the first time in years.Could their long-ago lie be the reason for their troubles today? Is it more dangerous to admit to what they’d done or is it the strain of keeping the secret that is beginning to wear...
Eliza Benedict’s past returns to haunt her when the serial killer she escaped from as a young girl walks back into her life. The nail-shredding novel from New York Times bestseller, Laura Lippman.25 years ago, he stole her innocence. Now he wants to get in touch.Eliza Benedict cherishes her quiet existence with her successful husband and children in the leafy suburbs of suburban Washington. But her tranquillity is shattered when she receives a letter from the last person she ever expects – or...
Tess Monaghan ist arbeitslos. Seit die Zeitung Baltimore Star eingestellt wurde, hält sich die Journalistin mit Gelegenheitsjobs über Wasser. Der Zufall will, dass ihr Bekannter Darryl «Rock» Panson an akutem Liebeskummer leidet und er Tess eine hübsche Summe Geld bietet, um seine Verlobte Ava zu beschatten, die sich seit einiger Zeit reichlich seltsam verhält. Tess nimmt die Ermittlungen auf und beobachtet, wie sich die junge Anwältin jeden Mittag mit ihrem Chef Michael Abramowitz im...
Basketball gehört zu Baltimore wie Geldsorgen zu Tess Monaghan. Noch bekannter ist die größte Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Maryland allerdings für ihre hohe Kriminalitätsrate. Baltimore hat ein Imageproblem, und eine neue Basketballmannschaft soll Abhilfe schaf- fen. Großunternehmer und Millionär Gerard «Wink» Wynkowski nimmt sich der Sache an, ist aber selbst kein Saubermann. Ein gefundenes Fressen für die Presse. Der Beacon macht mit einem reißerischen Artikel über Wink auf – und wenig...
