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Lady in the Lake: A Novel Audiobook
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A New York Times Bestseller
2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Thriller/Suspense
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: Cleo Sherwood, a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake.
If Cleo were white, every reporter in Baltimore would be clamoring to tell her story. Instead, her mysterious death receives only cursory mention in the daily newspapers, and no one cares when Maddie starts poking around in a young Black woman's life—except for Cleo's ghost, who is determined to keep her secrets and her dignity. Cleo scolds the ambitious Maddie: You're interested in my death, not my life. They're not the same thing.
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. 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 Ferdie, the man who shares her bed, a police officer who is risking far more than Maddie can understand.
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“The story is bigger than the crime, and the crime is bigger than its solution, making Lippman’s skill as a mystery novelist work as icing on the cake.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“Part thriller, part love letter to journalism…Lippman balances a great mystery with the story of an independent woman.”
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“Lady in the Lake is aching, thoughtful, and compulsively readable.”
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“Inspired by the unsolved death of Shirley Parker…Lippman’s ambitious novel weaves some twenty points of view into a seamless, vivid whole.”
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“A superb character study, a terrific newspaper novel, and a fascinating look at urban life and racial discrimination in the ’60s.”
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“[A] sophisticated crime novel, which captures the era’s zeitgeist while painting a striking portrait of unapologetic female ambition.”
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“Lippman explores the world of women in journalism and life in Baltimore in this panoramic 1960s-set mystery.”
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“Lippman’s always good, but this is a cut above.”
— Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Awards
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A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
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New York Times bestseller
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A BookPage Best Book of the Year in Mysteries
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A 2020 Audie Award Finalist for Best Narration in Thrillers & Suspense
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Finalist for the Strand Critics Award for Best Mystery Novel
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Shortlisted for the Macavity Award
Lady in the Lake Listener Reviews
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Danna, 8/27/2022
About Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman is a New York Times bestselling novelist who has won more than twenty awards for her fiction, including the Edgar Award—and been nominated for thirty more. Since her debut in 1997, she has published almost two dozen novels, a novella, a children’s book, and a collection of short stories. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Laura lives in Baltimore with her husband, David Simon, and their daughter.
About Susan Bennett
Susan Bennett, Earphones Award-winning narrator, has enjoyed an extensive career as a vocal artist. She has worked with major agencies on such accounts as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, AT&T, Blue Cross, Goodyear, and Club Med. She also dabbles in the music industry as the singer and keyboardist for The Interactive! Band. Along with her guitarist husband, Rick Hinkle, she is the co-owner of Audiocam Music, a full-service recording studio.