Sunburn, Hardcover
Descriere
``Lippman is a natural storyteller at the height of her powers.`` - Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with a superb novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals--and cold-blooded murder. One is playing a long game. But which one?They meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he's also passing through. Yet she stays and he stays--drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness both unnerves and excites him. Over the course of a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds something back from the other--dangerous, even lethal, secrets. Then someone dies. Was it an accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other's lives and lies that neither one knows how to get away--or even if they want to. Is their love strong enough to withstand the truth, or will it ultimately destroy them?Something--or someone--has to give. Which one will it be?Inspired by James M. Cain's masterpieces The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, Sunburn is a tantalizing modern noir from the incomparable Laura Lippman.
Despre autor
Laura Lippman este o jurnalistă și autoare americană, cunoscută pentru cele peste 20 de romane polițiste pe care le-a scris. Romanele sale au câștigat numeroase premii, printre care un premiu Agatha, șapte premii Anthony, două premii Barry, un premiu Edgar, un premiu Gumshoe, un premiu Macavity, un premiu Nero, două premii Shamus și două premii Strand Critics.
