What the Dead Know, Laura Lippman
What the Dead Know, Laura Lippman
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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

Synopsis

Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who'or what'could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness?Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission and subsequent attempt to stonewall investigators only deepens the mystery. Where has she been, why has she waited so long to come forward? Could her abductor truly be a beloved Baltimore cop? There isn't a shred of evidence to support her story, and every lead she gives the police seems to be another dead-end'a dying, incoherent man, a razed house, a missing grave, and a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart not only by the crime but by the fissures the tragedy revealed in what appeared to be the perfect household.In a story that moves back and forth across the decades, there is only one person who dares to be skeptical of a woman who wants to claim the identity of one Bethany sister without revealing the fate of the other. Will he be able to discover the truth?

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 Patti on 2008-10-13 07:56:15

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.

Goodreads review by Always on January 14, 2022

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

Goodreads review by Michael on December 01, 2017

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

Goodreads review by Will on August 20, 2020

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

Goodreads review by Robert on February 28, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Yvette on September 28, 2011

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

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