<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Every time Laura Lippman comes out with a new book, I get chills because I know I am back in the hands of the master. She is simply a brilliant novelist, an unflinching chronicler of life in America <em>right now</em>, and <em>Sunburn</em> is her dark, gleaming noir gem. Read it.<em> </em>-Gillian Flynn, #1 <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of </strong><em><strong>Gone Girl</strong></em><br/></p><p><strong><strong><em></em></strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>New York Times</em> 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.</strong></p><p><em>One is playing a long game. But which one?</em></p><p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p>Something--or someone--has to give.</p><p><em>Which one will it be?</em></p><p>Inspired by James M. Cain's masterpieces <em>The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double </em><em>Indemnity, </em> and <em>Mildred Pierce</em>, <em>Sunburn </em>is a tantalizing modern noir from the incomparable Laura Lippman.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><em>One is playing a long game. But which one?</em></p><p>They meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he's also just passing through. Yet she stays. And he stays--drawn to the 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.</p><p>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?</p><p>Something--or someone--has to give.</p><p><em>Which one will it be?</em></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"I feel like it creates a whole new category, which I'm thinking of as 'femme noir' [...] She's taken this traditional noir structure of a man sweeping in to save a woman who then turns around and eats his heart out--she's turned that notion on its head."--<em>Wall Street Journal</em><br><br>"<em>Sunburn</em> was dark but not too dark, thrilling, richly descriptive with an utterly compelling protagonist...I read this book at a furious pace and never forgot about it all year. <em>Sunburn </em>was a reminder that storytelling matters and good storytelling is all too rare."--Roxane Gay<br><br>"A masterful mix from a total pro."--<em>People</em><br><br>"Cool and twisty."--<em>New York Times Book Review</em><br><br>"Fast-paced and unpredictable, <em>Sunburn</em> is a smart, sly riff on love in a world of trouble that's puzzling until the very last piece falls into place."--<em>O, the Oprah Magazine</em><br><br>"The ingenious plot evolves into myriad twists that are as believable as they are surprising [...] <em>Sunburn </em>delivers one of the year's most intriguing mysteries."--Lisa Ko, author of <em>The Leavers</em><br><br>"A pacy, pithy modern take on the noir tradition...terrific entertainment."--Sunday Mirror<br><br>"A tantalising, ingeniuously constructed page-turner."--The Guardian<br><br>"For once the blurb doesn't over-promise. Lippman writes the best opening pages of any thriller so far this year."--Daily Mail (UK)<br><br>"Grips like the classic Hollywood black-and-white movie thrillers of the 1930s and 1940s. <em>Sunburn</em> unsettles from its first page."--The Times (London)<br><br>"Note-perfect noir...not to be missed."--Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever<br><br>"Great book. Well paced. Beautifully observed details. Interesting characters and nuance in the right places. [...] Thoroughly enjoyed this book and the protagonist who is flawed and brilliant and ruthless and unapologetic."--Roxane Gay, <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of <em>Bad Feminist </em>and <em>Hunger</em><br><br>"Suspenseful as hell, and she writes like a dream [...] Lippman's always good, but this is a cut above."--Stephen King<br><br>"spellbinding [...] this corkscrew of a book, with its psychological insights and sensual charisma, proves once again that Ms. Lippman, as a writer, is <em>sui generis</em>."--Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal<br><br>"Laura Lippman continues to push the envelope of modern crime-writing. <em>Sunburn</em>, her take on noir, may be her nerviest novel yet, an unsparing look at how lovers can betray one another."--Harlan Coben, #1 <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author<br><br>"Another extraordinary novel from Laura Lippman--full of just-one-more chapter, stay-up-late suspense, but packed too with nuance, subtlety, observation and humanity. Lippman is a natural storyteller at the height of her powers."--Lee Child, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author<br><br>"Every time Laura Lippman comes out with a new book, I get chills because I know I am back in the hands of the master. She is simply a brilliant novelist, an unflinching chronicler of life in America right now, and <em>Sunburn </em>is her dark, gleaming noir gem. Read it."--Gillian Flynn, #1 <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of <em>Gone Girl</em><br><br>"Ingeniously constructed and extremely suspenseful, the novel keeps us guessing right up until its final moments. Lippman is a popular and dependable writer, and this homage to classic noir showcases a writer at the height of her powers."--<em>Booklist</em> (starred review)<br><br>"Modern noir at its best, it will delight old-movie lovers, satisfy suspense readers, and reward Lippman's legion of fans."--<em>Library Journal</em> (starred review)<br><br>"This is Lippman at her observant, fiercest best, a force to be reckoned with in crime fiction."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em> (starred review)<br><br>"You can tell how much fun the author had updating the classic noir tropes, and it's contagious. Plotty, page-turning pleasure."--<em>Kirkus Reviews</em> (starred review)<br>
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