Wilde Lake - Brossura

Lippman, Laura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571321755 ISBN 13: 9780571321759

Casa editrice: Faber And Faber Ltd., 2016

Riassunto

'Wilde Lake is a knockout.' Stephen King

'Intriguing premise, stunning reveal, irresistible read.' Val McDermid

'Wilde Lake is a standout novel: an intelligent, emotional, satisfying mystery that explores huge themes in small-town microcosm, in the manner of To Kill A Mockingbird, the inspiration on which it reflects.' Alex Marwood

'Wilde Lake is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial.' Scott Turow

Luisa 'Lu' Brant is the newly elected - and first female - state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her revered father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death in her home.

As Lu prepares for the trial, the case dredges up painful memories, reminding her small but tight-knit family of the night when her brother, AJ, saved his best friend at the cost of another man's life. Only eighteen, AJ was cleared by a grand jury. Now, Lu wonders if the events of 1980 happened as she remembers them. What details might have been withheld from her when she was a child?

The more she learns about the case, the more questions arise. Propelled into the past, she discovers that the legal system, the bedrock of her entire life, does not have all the answers and that the truth might be a dangerous thing to learn.

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Just finished #WildeLake. Intriguing premise, stunning reveal, irresistible read. (VAL MCDERMID)

Even for a writer of Lippman's caliber, Wilde Lake is a standout novel: an intelligent, emotional, satisfying mystery that explores huge themes in small-town microcosm, in the manner of To Kill A Mockingbird, the inspiration on which it reflects. (ALEX MARWOOD)

Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers ... Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life. (MINDY KALING)

Wilde Lake is a psychologically complexed story with plenty of secrets that are deftly woven into the plot. Lippman is a master story teller who creates strong characters and a narrative that keeps you racing to the very last page. (Press Association)

You could label it as a subtle psychological thriller, or an unconventional police procedural novel, or a piece of literary fiction about family relationships and the power of grief and love. Whatever the label, Laura Lippman’s ‘Wilde Lake’ remains a great accomplishment at any of these levels, and a truly brilliant read. (Nic Mira Thriller Books Journal)

Lippman draws on two decades of crime reporting to produce a heart-stopping new thriller, which pivots on a state attorney's drive and cunning as she unravels a baffling murder case with personal implications. (OPRAH)

Wilde Lake is not so much a crime novel that rises to the level of serious literature as serious literature that rises to the level of great crime fiction. (Chicago Tribune)

Subtle, moving and intriguing, this excellent book is a complex study of how, as Lu puts it, "we always want our heroes to be better than their times, to hold the enlightened views we have achieved one hundred, fifty, ten years later". (Laura Wilson Guardian)

It’s hard to categorise Laura Lippman. She is not just a crime writer or a psychological thriller writer (although she excels at both of those genres), ― she is much more than that. When you reach for one of her books, you know you will be lost to your world for a bit, and totally immersed in hers. (Carla Mackay Daily Mail)

Wilde Lake is a knockout. (STEPHEN KING)

Descrizione del libro:

The brilliant, moving and psychologically complex new standalone novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of After I'm Gone, And When She Was Good, and What the Dead Know.

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• Editore: Faber And Faber Ltd.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0571321755
• ISBN 13: 9780571321759
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368