{"product_id":"lady-in-the-lake-a-novel","title":"Lady in the Lake: A Novel","description":"NOW A SERIES FROM APPLE TV!\nA New York Times Bestseller\nThe revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in\n1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of\nclassic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who\npursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.\nIn 1966, Baltimore is a city of\nsecrets that everyone seems to know—everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie”\nSchwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she’s\nbolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her\nyouthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life.\n\nMaddie wants to matter, to\nleave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she\nhelps Baltimore police find a murdered girl—assistance that leads to a job at\nthe city’s afternoon newspaper, the Star. Working at the\nnewspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found\njust the story to do it: Cleo Sherwood, a missing woman whose body was\ndiscovered in the fountain of a city park lake.\n\nIf\nCleo were white, every reporter in Baltimore would be clamoring to tell her\nstory. Instead, her mysterious death receives only cursory mention in the daily\nnewspapers, and no one cares when Maddie starts poking around in a young Black woman's\nlife—except for Cleo's ghost, who is\ndetermined to keep her secrets and her dignity. Cleo scolds the ambitious\nMaddie: You're interested in my death, not my life. They're not the\nsame thing.\n\n\n\n\n\nMaddie’s investigation brings her into contact with people that\nused to be on the periphery of her life—a jewelry store clerk, a waitress, a\nrising star on the Baltimore Orioles, a patrol cop, a hardened female reporter,\na lonely man in a movie theater. But for all her ambition and drive, Maddie\noften fails to see the people right in front of her. Her inability to look\nbeyond her own needs will lead to tragedy and turmoil for all sorts of\npeople—including Ferdie, the man who shares her bed, a police officer who\nis risking far more than Maddie can understand.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062390015\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0062390015.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lippman, Laura\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41517295697978,"sku":"DBV.0062390015.A","price":7.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0062390015-0.jpg?v=1783831958","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/lady-in-the-lake-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}