Sunburn

Laura Lippman

Meet Polly, which may or may not be her real name, this year’s most dangerous leading lady…

Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780571335664
Date Published
01.03.2018
Delivery
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Summary

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’

Critic Reviews

'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 Sunburn is her dark, gleaming noir gem. Read it.'

Gillian Flynn
Critic Reviews

A joy to read ... a classic noir transplanted to the 1990s with a beguiling femme fatale at the centre of the action.

Bookseller, Editor's Choice
Critic Reviews

You can tell how much fun the author had updating the classic noir tropes, and it's contagious. Plotty, page-turning pleasure.

Kirkus (starred review)
Critic Reviews

'Just try to read this slowly ... Modern noir at its best, it will delight old-movie lovers, satisfy suspense readers, and reward Lippman's legion of fans.'

Library Journal (starred review)
Critic Reviews

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
Critic Reviews

‘Laura Lippman’s Sunburn grips like the classic Hollywood black-and-white movie thrillers of the 1930s and 1940s...Profoundly atmospheric , Sunburn unsettles from its first page.’

Marcel Berlins, The Times
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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, Lady in the Lake, currently being adapted by Apple TV+, and Dream Girl, shortlisted for the 2022 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.

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