The Power Of Three

Spectacular ... A fast, cleverly elusive story * NEW YORK TIMES *
Laura Lippman understands perfectly the power of adolescent passions and how easily they spiral out of control. Read THE POWER OF THREE and despair of a world where guns are easier to come by than drugs -- Val McDermid
Powerful ... A gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was ... Brilliant, insightful, moving * CHICAGO SUN-TIMES *
Terrific characterisation ... Lippman is weighed down with US crime writing awards - the Anthony, Edgar, Shamas, Agatha and Nero ... taken as a study of character, The Power of Three, narrated from multiple points of view that allows Lippman to dig deep into the teenagers' psyches, is engrossing * OBSERVER *
Why can be as important as who in creating a compelling mystery, as Laura Lippman shows in THE POWER OF THREE ... Lippman has produced a vivid portrait of a little piece of middle America, a thoughtful and sensitive novel which makes disquieting reading * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Wonderfully paced, really well crafted ...The best book of hers that I've read -- Kate Atkinson, author of CASE HISTORIES
A searching look at the implosion of the American dream into every parent's worst nightmare * KIRKUS *
Lippman is among that select group of novelists who have reinvigorated the crime fiction arena with her smart, innovative and exciting work -- George Pelecanos
This is an outstanding example of writing that successfully combines suspense with acute insight into the dark recesses of human nature * GUARDIAN *
Lippman is often compared to such writers as the glorious Anne Tyler and the impeccable James M. Cain. Indeed, her writing is a heady concoction of similar skills -- Christina Appleyard * DAILY MAIL *
A major work of suspense * CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER *