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Wilde Lake

'A knockout' Stephen King

Laura Lippman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:4th May '17

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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.

Luisa Brant has just been elected State's Attorney, a job her revered father once held, and is prosecuting her first murder, by a homeless man on a woman to whom he had seemingly no connection. However, as Luisa investigates, she is startled to learn that this murder might have its roots in a violent event in the past involving her own family.

WINNER OF THE eDUNNIT AARD

'Intriguing premise, stunning reveal, irresistible read.' VAL McDERMID

'A satisfying mystery' ALEX MARWOOD

'Engrossing, suspenseful and substantial.' SCOTT TUROW

In an acclaimed modern twist on To Kill a Mockingbird, Laura Lippman once again proves herself to be one of crime writing's most thrilling reads.

Luisa Brant has just been elected State's Attorney, a job her revered father once held, and is prosecuting her first murder, by a homeless man on a woman to whom he had seemingly no connection. However, as Luisa investigates, she is startled to learn that this murder might have its roots in a violent event in the past involving her own family. And that maybe no one - her precious father, her brother, her late mother - is quite who she thought. .

  • Short-listed for Anthony Award for Best Novel 2017 (United States)

ISBN: 9780571321766

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 24mm

Weight: 314g

400 pages

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