The very determination that allows her to persevere in a male-dominated newspaper industry is the same quality that makes her son an afterthought in her life and causes her to use people as a means to her desired end. I was a particular fan of the structure of this novel: as we learn about Maddie, who is ambitious and determined, if selfish, brief narratives from other characters are interspersed with hers-giving us a fuller picture and illuminating her privileges. I truly think no one is writing mysteries as reliably readable and believable as Lippman’s. I picked this one up last week before heading to North Baltimore for the weekend, so it was a serendipitous experience. She’s written both a detective series and many stand-alones, all of which take place in or around one of my favorite cities, Baltimore. She’s one of about five authors whose books I buy the day they come out-I just love her. Review: Laura Lippman has been my favorite author since I discovered her ten years ago and stayed up until four AM for a week straight reading all of her books.
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.- HarperCollins But for all her ambition and drive, Maddie often fails to see the people right in front of her. 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. Cleo’s ghost, privy to Maddie’s poking and prying, wants to be left alone.
Maddie’s going to find the truth about Cleo’s life and death.
No one seems to know or care why she was killed except Maddie-and the dead woman herself.
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.Ĭleo Sherwood was a young black woman who liked to have a good time. Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. 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. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know-everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz. Publisher’s Synopsis: 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.
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