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Collection: Adult Mystery
Call Number: M
Author: Lippman, Laura
Title: Lady in the lake
Remainder of title: a novel
Summary, etc. note: "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 jewelery 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"--

International Standard Book Number: 9780062390011 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number: 0062390015 (hardcover)
Canceled/invalid ISBN: 9780062390028 (paperback)
Description conventions: rda
Authentication code: pcc
Classification number: PS3562.I586
Item number: L33 2019
Edition number: 23
Classification number: 813/.54
Source of number: bisacsh
Classification number: FIC030000
Classification number: FIC022040
Classification number: FIC022060
Dates associated with a name: 1959-
Relator term: author.
Statement of responsibility, etc.: Laura Lippman.
Edition statement: First edition.
Place of publication: New York ,NY
Name of publisher: HarperCollins Publisher
Date of publication: 2019
Projected publication date: 1907
: New York, NY :
: William Morrow,
: 2019.
Extent: 337 pages
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: txt
: rdamedia
: unmediated
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: rdacarrier
: volume
: nc
Summary, etc. note: "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"--
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: Provided by publisher.
Source of acquisition: B & T
Purchase price: 26.99
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Subject: FICTION / Suspense
Subject: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.
Subject: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical.
Source of term: gsafd
Source of term: gsafd
Genre/form data or focus term: Suspense fiction.
Genre/form data or focus term: Mystery fiction.
: Acquire
: 1 shelf copy
: policy default
: xk15 2019-01-18 (telework)
: xk15 2019-01-18 ONIX (telework) to CIP
: Asante Simons; phone: 212-207-7318; email: asante.simons@harpercollins.com; bc: asante.simons@harpercollins.com

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