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Luisa ""Lu"" Brant is the newly elected--and first female--state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower 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. It's not the kind of case that makes headlines, but peaceful Howard County doesn't see many homicides. 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.

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Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life. --Mindy Kaling Laura Lippman s WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman s novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She s one of today s essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why. --Washington Post [a] richly plotted and emotionally devastating standalone Lippman plays with the concept of truth and expertly hones in on the question of whether there are some truths we never want to know. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) She s one of the best novelists around, period. --Washington Post I never miss Laura Lippman s novels. --Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman s stories aren t just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today. --Tess Gerritsen Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in Wilde Lake. --Associated Press As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman s brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality...Lippman is an A-list crime writer. --Booklist (starred review) Lippman as always treads the fine line between certainty and amazement. --Kirkus Reviews Ultimately, 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 Wilde Lake is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial, its wit easing a sober, somewhat elegiac air. --New York Times Book Review 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. --O Magazine Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life. --Mindy Kaling Laura Lippman's WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman's novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She's one of today's essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why. --Washington Post She's one of the best novelists around, period. --Washington Post I never miss Laura Lippman's novels. --Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's stories aren't just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today. --Tess Gerritsen Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in Wilde Lake. --Associated Press Lippman as always treads the fine line between certainty and amazement. --Kirkus Reviews Ultimately, 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 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. --O Magazine As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman's brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality...Lippman is an A-list crime writer. --Booklist (starred review) .. . [a] richly plotted and emotionally devastating standalone...Lippman plays with the concept of truth and expertly hones in on the question of whether there are some truths we never want to know. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Wilde Lake is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial, its wit easing a sober, somewhat elegiac air. --New York Times Book Review A heady brew of twisting tale and accelerating introspection, Wilde Lake at once disturbs and delights, as Lippman impels not only her characters but also her readers to question the depth of their understanding of the past... --Richmond Times-Dispatch Wilde Lake is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial, its wit easing a sober, somewhat elegiac air. --New York Times Book Review A heady brew of twisting tale and accelerating introspection, Wilde Lake at once disturbs and delights, as Lippman impels not only her characters but also her readers to question the depth of their understanding of the past --Richmond Times-Dispatch

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. --O Magazine

Laura Lippman's WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman's novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She's one of today's essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why. --Washington Post She's one of the best novelists around, period. --Washington Post 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. --O Magazine Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life. --Mindy Kaling I never miss Laura Lippman's novels. --Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's stories aren't just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today. --Tess Gerritsen Lippman as always treads the fine line between certainty and amazement. --Kirkus Reviews Ultimately, 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 Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in Wilde Lake. --Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman's brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality...Lippman is an A-list crime writer. --Booklist (starred review) .. . [a] richly plotted and emotionally devastating standalone...Lippman plays with the concept of truth and expertly hones in on the question of whether there are some truths we never want to know. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Wilde Lake is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial, its wit easing a sober, somewhat elegiac air. --New York Times Book Review A heady brew of twisting tale and accelerating introspection, Wilde Lake at once disturbs and delights, as Lippman impels not only her characters but also her readers to question the depth of their understanding of the past... --Richmond Times-Dispatch

I never miss Laura Lippman's novels. --Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life. --Mindy Kaling Laura Lippman's stories aren't just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today. --Tess Gerritsen ... [a] richly plotted and emotionally devastating standalone...Lippman plays with the concept of truth and expertly hones in on the question of whether there are some truths we never want to know. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman's brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality...Lippman is an A-list crime writer. --Booklist (starred review) Laura Lippman's WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman's novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She's one of today's essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why. --Washington Post Lippman as always treads the fine line between certainty and amazement. --Kirkus Reviews She's one of the best novelists around, period. --Washington Post Ultimately, 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 Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in Wilde Lake. --Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers

"""Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life."" -- Mindy Kaling ""Laura Lippman's WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman's novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She's one of today's essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why."" -- Washington Post ""... [a] richly plotted and emotionally devastating standalone...Lippman plays with the concept of truth and expertly hones in on the question of whether there are some truths we never want to know."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""She's one of the best novelists around, period."" -- Washington Post ""I never miss Laura Lippman's novels."" -- Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author ""Laura Lippman's stories aren't just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today."" -- Tess Gerritsen ""Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in Wilde Lake."" -- Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers ""As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman's brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality...Lippman is an A-list crime writer."" -- Booklist (starred review) ""Lippman as always treads the fine line between certainty and amazement."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""Ultimately, 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 ""A heady brew of twisting tale and accelerating introspection, Wilde Lake at once disturbs and delights, as Lippman impels not only her characters but also her readers to question the depth of their understanding of the past..."" -- Richmond Times-Dispatch ""Wilde Lake is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial, its wit easing a sober, somewhat elegiac air."" -- New York Times Book Review ""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."" -- O Magazine"

I never miss Laura Lippman's novels. --Anna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life. --Mindy Kaling Laura Lippman's stories aren't just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today. --Tess Gerritsen Laura Lippman's WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman's novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She's one of today's essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why. --Washington Post Lippman as always treads the fine line between certainty and amazement. --Kirkus Reviews 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. --O Magazine She's one of the best novelists around, period. --Washington Post Ultimately, 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 A heady brew of twisting tale and accelerating introspection, Wilde Lake at once disturbs and delights, as Lippman impels not only her characters but also her readers to question the depth of their understanding of the past... --Richmond Times-Dispatch As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman's brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality...Lippman is an A-list crime writer. --Booklist (starred review) Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in Wilde Lake. --Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers ... [a] richly plotted and emotionally devastating standalone...Lippman plays with the concept of truth and expertly hones in on the question of whether there are some truths we never want to know. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Wilde Lake is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial, its wit easing a sober, somewhat elegiac air. --New York Times Book Review

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Since Laura Lippman's debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the ""essential"" crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her ""special, even extraordinary,"" and Gillian Flynn wrote, ""She is simply a brilliant novelist."" Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.

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