Sunburn
Meet Polly, which may or may not be her real name, this year’s most dangerous leading lady…
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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’
'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.'
A joy to read ... a classic noir transplanted to the 1990s with a beguiling femme fatale at the centre of the action.
You can tell how much fun the author had updating the classic noir tropes, and it's contagious. Plotty, page-turning pleasure.
'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.'
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.
‘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.’
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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