Lady in the lake
Lippman, Laura.
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a novelLaura Lippman.
340 pages.
Summary: 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 ...
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20190925100434.0Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
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SENIOR READING | A05276 |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Mystery and suspense stories. |
Dewey: | LIP |
call #: | LIP |
ISBN: | 9780571339440 |
pub: | 2019 |
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