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After I'm Gone

Laura Lippman

Start date: January 7, 2015

Finish date: January 10, 2015

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Feb 07, 2014 Lydia Presley rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, fiction, 2014

I've heard many good things about the author Laura Lippman, so when I saw she had a new book coming out I thought I'd give it a shot. After I'm Gone proved to be a slow read that paid off in the end...but boy it took its time getting there. Lippman sets up a story by alternating past with present and it's imperative that you keep the two storylines close in your head or, as I found out about halfway through as I took my time with the story, it's possible to get them all jumbled up.

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Nov 17, 2013 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: crime-and-police-procedurals, contemporary, mysteries-thrillers-suspense, local-locales-dc-md-va, american-stories, malice-domestic-finds-and-faves, feminist-themes

The latest standalone novel by Laura Lippman is another standout. At this point, I think that I've read more of her standalone novels than the Tess Monaghan series (which I've really enjoyed) and find that each one is better than the last. The latest offering was inspired by Julius Salsbury, who headed a massive underground lottery operation in Baltimore into the 1970s before disappearing, never to be seen again. Like Salsbury, the character inspired by him, Felix Brewer, leaves behind a wife, t ...more

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