Life Sentences, Laura Lippman
Life Sentences, Laura Lippman
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Life Sentences

Author: Laura Lippman

Narrator: Linda Emond

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/10/2009

Synopsis

“From its gripping opening pages…Life Sentences may be the most absorbing, entertaining mystery published in the last year.”—Boston Globe USA Today calls Laura Lippman, “A writing powerhouse,” and Life Sentences powerfully confirms it. Past and present, truth and memory collide in this searing novel from a New York Times bestselling author whose novels have won virtually every major prize bestowed for  crime fiction—from the Edgar® to the Anthony to the Agatha to the Nero Wolfe Award. As she did in her blockbuster What the Dead Know, Lippman takes a brief hiatus from her popular series character, Baltimore p.i. Tess Monaghan, to tell a riveting story of deceptions and dangerously fragile truths that People magazine says, “Succeeds brilliantly.”

About Laura Lippman

Since Laura Lippman’s debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the “essential” crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her “special, even extraordinary,” and Gillian Flynn wrote, “She is simply a brilliant novelist.” Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.

About Linda Emond

Linda Emond's credits include The Sopranos, all four Law & Orders, and American Experience: John & Abigail Adams. On Broadway: 1776 and Life x 3 (Tony® nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award). Off-Broadway appearances include Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul (Lucille Lortel Award, Obie Award).

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Pamela on 2010-04-19 20:46:06

I disliked this book so much I sent it back without finishing it. There are many more to choose from so don't bother renting this one.

Goodreads review by Michael on April 02, 2009

Some people look forward to the budding trees and warmer days when winter finally rolls around into spring. I look forward to the latest offering by Laura Lippman. As always with Lippman's novels, I found myself both eager to begin the journey and anxious that the ride would be over far too soon. Th......more

Goodreads review by Jack on October 22, 2022

2 Stars. I started on Goodreads to find new authors in crime fiction and thrillers and did it by compiling a master list based on more than three dozen lists of Top 100s and Prize Award winners. The result? "A Basic Mystery and Thriller Compilation." Under my "My Books," sort using bookshelf "XX." Y......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on May 18, 2012

Usually I can forgive a book bad writing if it's got good characters. But now I have found that the opposite is not true; I cannot forgive bad characters even for good writing. The writing was very good, for the most part. And the constant POV switching actually bothered me less here than it usually......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on May 09, 2014

I came to Life Sentences having read one other Laura Lippman book, What the Dead Know, and having loved the latter. They're both standalones but take place in the same universe; there are some recurring secondary characters (namely, police officers). Life Sentences has moments of one of the things I......more

Goodreads review by Barry on May 16, 2009

Sometimes the whole is more than the sum of its parts. In this case, we have meaty parts that add up to a less substantive whole. There are many things to admire in Laura Lippman’s latest book, Life Sentences, and reader should enjoy the sedate pace in order to drink in the nuances and shadings of h......more

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