{"product_id":"lady-in-the-lake-by-laura-lippman","title":"Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNOW A SERIES FROM APPLE TV!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe revered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author returns with a novel set in\u003cbr\u003e1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of\u003cbr\u003eclassic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know—everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she’s bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl—assistance that leads to a job at the city’s afternoon newspaper, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003er.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: Cleo Sherwood, a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf Cleo were white, every reporter in Baltimore would be clamoring to tell her\u003cbr\u003estory. Instead, her mysterious death receives only cursory mention in the daily\u003cbr\u003enewspapers, and no one cares when Maddie starts poking around in a young Black woman's life—except for Cleo's ghost, who is determined to keep her secrets and her dignity. Cleo scolds the ambitious Maddie: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYou're interested in my death, not my life. They're not the same thing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emberbound Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56525973749926,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/5496\/3366\/files\/LadyInLake.jpg?v=1779674164","url":"https:\/\/emberboundbookshop.com\/products\/lady-in-the-lake-by-laura-lippman","provider":"Emberbound Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}