Jessica's review
Every Secret Thing
by Laura Lippman
Jessica's review
Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
Jessica's review
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mysteries
Laura Lippman's detective fiction is top-notch, grounded with a very strong sense of place (Baltimore) and character. I'm particularly fond of the why-and-how-dunnit school of mysteries, where you start off knowing who did the murder, but not knowing why or the details of how, and sometimes even who, and Lippman finds great strength in that more psychological approach.
In this story, two young women, convicted at age 11 of abducting and killing the baby granddaughter of a prominent judge, are released from juvenile detention. Soon after, toddler girls start disappearing, leading to an investigation involving the young woman detective who had made the lucky break in the baby case seven years before. The past and present, and fear of future discoveries, come together tautly, and secrets are revealed, with predictable and unpredictable fallout.
In this story, two young women, convicted at age 11 of abducting and killing the baby granddaughter of a prominent judge, are released from juvenile detention. Soon after, toddler girls start disappearing, leading to an investigation involving the young woman detective who had made the lucky break in the baby case seven years before. The past and present, and fear of future discoveries, come together tautly, and secrets are revealed, with predictable and unpredictable fallout.
