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Lippman really spins you around in this one.. until you are dizzy enough that you can't figure out who did it, is in the wrong, or the real genius.
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AUTHOR Lippmann, Laura
TITLE Sunburn
DATE READ 01/25/2019
RATING 5/A
FIRST SENTENCE It's the sunburned shoulders that get him.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/2018, Harper-Collins/ 290 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Author Alphabet - L; GR2019 Goal -- 13/111
GROUP READ Women in Mystery
CHARACTERS Polly/early 30's mother/wife; Adam/early 30's PI
TIME/PLACE 1995, Delaware
COMMENTS Loved this one! The writing is exceptional and the storyline/characters are noirish and unique. Polly l ...more
TITLE Sunburn
DATE READ 01/25/2019
RATING 5/A
FIRST SENTENCE It's the sunburned shoulders that get him.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/2018, Harper-Collins/ 290 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Author Alphabet - L; GR2019 Goal -- 13/111
GROUP READ Women in Mystery
CHARACTERS Polly/early 30's mother/wife; Adam/early 30's PI
TIME/PLACE 1995, Delaware
COMMENTS Loved this one! The writing is exceptional and the storyline/characters are noirish and unique. Polly l ...more
They sit outside with sweating tumblers of vodka, swap stories. Polly's are all made up. Maybe Cath's are, too, although they're certainly boring enough to be true. 'Younger sister was the pretty one, made the good marriage. I made some mistakes when I was a teen and my family never lets me forget it.' Blah, blah, blah.
Maybe everybody lies, all the time.
This was barreling down the highway, a solid five star read, but it didn't QUITE stick the landing. (Why yes I do like to mix my metaphors. ...more
Well-drawn characters and a particularly fascinating protagonist make this slow-burn suspense an incredibly compelling reading for much of its page count, but it's ultimately undone by an unthreatening antagonist with a muddy (frankly, unconvincing) motivation, late plot revelations that feel obvious in contrast to the early, surprising developments, and an ending that conveniently ignores forensic fact [note: tests for gunpowder residue can identify , a shooter].
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Effective, skillful, satisfying.
The book description states, 'One is playing a long game. But which one?' - and all I can think is, yes, this was too long. Nope, don't recommend it. I was a bit bored and not sure I was even going to finish it. But no wait list for it and I was able to check it out again after my audiobook loan from the library expired, so I did finish it. Not memorable to me - recommend to my friends that they skip it.
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