

What the Dead Know
Author: Laura Lippman
Narrator: Linda Emond
Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 03/13/2007
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological, Crime
Author: Laura Lippman
Narrator: Linda Emond
Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 03/13/2007
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological, Crime
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.
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).
Fairly good, the details are good. I did not much care for the reader, not enough distinction in the characters, they got moddled up with each other.
This felt weaker than the other Lippman books I've read. I think this is written earlier than the other ones and I felt like it was kind of obvious. The writing wasn't as good as the other ones, but it wasn't bad either. I just think the characterization was a bit much, like the way the woman is des......more
Laura Lippman is just a wonderful writer. This isn't about thrills and spills, but creeping dread and wonderful prose, with a turn of phrase that will makes this fellow writer bow in admiration.......more
Laura Lippman - image from AP Penelope Jackson is the name on her ID, but when a woman has a traffic accident in Baltimore and is taken to the hospital, she is revealed to be someone else entirely. She claims to be Heather Bethany, the younger of two sisters abducted in 1975. With parallel time lines......more
I hated Heather Bethany. And not just a little bit either. Even though she had her reasons for her half-truths and lies, reasons that become apparent later, I still found it hard to forgive her. Since much of WHAT THE DEAD KNOW revolves around her, this proved a slightly difficult obstacle for me to......more
Basically two sisters disappear after a trip to the mall. Their bodies were never found and all leads come to a dead end. After 30 years a lady shows up claiming to be one of the sisters. We are taken through a series of memories from different characters’ perspectives. At the end we are suppose to......more