Sunburn (eBook)

Laura Lippman (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
292 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-33568-8 (ISBN)

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WINNER OF THE eDUNNIT AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL NOMINATED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER 'Dark, gleaming. Read it.' GILLIAN FYNN 'Note perfect . . . Not to be missed.' MEGAN ABBOTT 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. A superb novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck. Instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals - and cold-blooded murder. What readers are saying: ***** 'Seriously twisted!' ***** 'Great characters and unpredictable story. A definite must!' ***** 'A stunning page turner. I could not put it down' ***** 'Best noir of the decade! Lippman has outdone herself'

Laura Lippman's novels have won many crime fiction prizes, including the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and eDunnit Awards. Her more recent works include Sunburn, a Waterstones Thriller of the Month in 2018, Dream Girl, which was shortlisted for the 2022 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and Lady in the Lake, adapted by Apple TV+ in 2024. In 2025 she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

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A pacy, pithy modern take on the noir tradition - and influenced by the old movies that the heroine loves - this is terrific entertainment.

When you reach for one of Lippman's books, you know you will be lost to your world for a bit, and totally immersed in hers.

'Lippman takes the femme fatale trope and entirely subverts it with this cunning slice of 90s-set noir which asks what might lead a woman to abandon her family.'

A tantalising, ingeniously constructed page-turner.

Note-perfect noir . . . not to be missed.

What, as a certain Dr Freud asked, do women want? . . . Rich philosophy for a noir tale to sustain, but Lippman handles it with masterly flair, delivering a thrilling succession of revelations and perfectly weighted twists in a fluent prose liberally salted with side-of-the-mouth wit and wisdom.

'If you're lucky, you read one book every year that makes you ration yourself to a chapter a day because you don't want it to end. For me, Sunburn was that book. 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.'

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: Alex Michaelides The Maidens • Ellery Lloyd People Like Her Sarah Hilary Fragile • Gillian Flynn • Gone Girl • Harlan Coben • james m. cain • james patterson books • JM Dalgliesh TJ Newman Falling Clare Mackintosh Hostage KL Slaughter The Marriage • Joe Knox True Crime Story • Lee Child • lisa jewell • Megan Abbott • Megan Abbott The Tunrout Erin Kelly Watch Her Fall Karin Salughter Adele Parks books • New York Times Bestseller • Psychological thriller • Roxane Gay • Stephen King Richard Osman Harriet Tyce Bigail Dean Girl A • The Girl on the Train • The postman always rings twice
• ISBN-10: 0-571-33568-3 / 0571335683
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-33568-8 / 9780571335688