New Releases by Laura Lippman

Deux fillettes rentrent chez elles par une chaude après-midi de juillet à Baltimore. Dans une rue qu''elles n''auraient pas dû emprunter, elles trouvent un bébé abandonné dans un landau. La gentille Alice Manning et Ronnie Fuller, la tête brûlée, sont pleines de bonnes intentions. Elles veulent juste aider ce bébé et faire une bonne action... Mais la situation prend un tour dramatique et la vie de trois familles s''en trouve bouleversée à jamais. Sept ans plus tard, Alice et Ronnie rentrent chez elles, séparément cette fois. Leur amitié n''est plus qu''un lointain souvenir, mais leur secret les lie à jamais. Alors qu''elles tentent de tourner le dos à leur sombre passé, un enfant disparaît, dans des circonstances si troublantes qu''elles désignent tout de suite Alice et Ronnie comme coupables. Déterminée à retrouver l''enfant disparu et à faire éclater la vérité au grand jour, le détective Nancy Porter, qui avait déjà résolu la première disparition, prend l''affaire à cœur. Mais il ne faut jamais se fier aux apparences, car dans ce monde, l''innocence n''existe plus, pas même chez les enfants.

‘Betoverend! Lippman schrijft helder en krachtig.’ Stephen King Eliza Benedict is gelukkig getrouwd en heeft twee kinderen. Na zeven jaar in Engeland verhuist ze met haar gezin terug naar Amerika. Er is geen vuiltje aan de lucht, tot ze een brief krijgt die haar leven op zijn kop zet. Vijfentwintig jaar geleden is Eliza ontvoerd en wekenlang vastgehouden door Walter Bowman. Hij is ter dood veroordeeld en zijn vonnis zal binnenkort worden voltrokken. En nu heeft hij Eliza geschreven – hij is ervan overtuigd dat zij informatie heeft die hem kan vrijspreken... Eliza is geschokt. Ze heeft haar verleden zorgvuldig verborgen gehouden en wil niets meer met de zaak te maken hebben. Toch heeft ook zij vragen over de gebeurtenissen in haar jeugd. Kan ze de moed opbrengen om niet alleen de confrontatie aan te gaan met Walter, maar ook met haar eigen herinneringen? De pers over Laura Lippman ‘Laura Lippman is een ware aanwinst.’ VN Detective en Thrillergids ‘Haar dialogen mogen er zijn. Geen bordkartonnen pionnen bij Lippman, maar echte botten met veel gecompliceerd vlees eromheen.’ AD Magazine

On a searing August day, Melisandre Harris Dawes committed the unthinkable: she left her two-month-old daughter locked in a car. Found not guilty of her death by reason of criminal insanity, Melisandre left the country, her husband and her two surviving children, determined to start over. Ten years later, she returns to Baltimore to meet with her estranged teenage daughters... Now that she''s a mother herself, Tess Monaghan wants nothing to do with a woman crazy enough to have killed her own child; but she and her new partner, retired Baltimore P.D. homicide detective Sandy Sanchez, have been asked to assess her security needs. As Tess''s doubts about Melisandre grow, she realizes that she''s not the only one under scrutiny, as someone seems to be following Tess herself, leaving disturbing notes wherever she goes...

From critically acclaimed, multiple-award winner Laura Lippman comes a riveting story of love and murder, guilt and innocence. Two little girls banished from a neighborhood birthday party find a stroller with an infant inside on an unfamiliar Baltimore street. What happens next is shocking and terrible, causing the irreparable devastation of three separate families. Seven years later, Alice Manning and Ronnie Fuller, now eighteen, are released from "kid prison" to begin their lives over again. But the unanswered questions about the original crime continue to haunt the parents, the lawyers, the police, and all the adults in Alice''s and Ronnie''s lives. And now another child has disappeared, under freakishly similar circumstances.

Laura Lippman, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Most Dangerous Thing, I’d Know You Anywhere, and What the Dead Know, returns with an addictive story that explores how one man’s disappearance echoes through the lives of the wife, mistress, and daughters he left behind. When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette “Bambi” Gottschalk at a Valentine’s Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative—if not all legal—businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi’s comfortable world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes. Though Bambi has no idea where her husband—or his money—might be, she suspects one woman does: his mistress, Julie. When Julie disappears ten years to the day that Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes she’s left to join her old lover—until her remains are eventually found. Now, twenty-six years after Julie went missing, Roberto “Sandy” Sanchez, a retired Baltimore detective working cold cases for some extra cash, is investigating her murder. What he discovers is a tangled web stretching over three decades that connects five intriguing women. And at the center is the missing man Felix Brewer. Somewhere between the secrets and lies connecting past and present, Sandy will find the truth. And when he does, no one will ever be the same.

Laura Lippman, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Most Dangerous Thing, I’d Know You Anywhere, and What the Dead Know, returns with an addictive story that explores how one man’s disappearance echoes through the lives of the wife, mistress, and daughters he left behind. When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette “Bambi” Gottschalk at a Valentine’s Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative—if not all legal—businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi’s comfortable world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes. Though Bambi has no idea where her husband—or his money—might be, she suspects one woman does: his mistress, Julie. When Julie disappears ten years to the day that Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes she’s left to join her old lover—until her remains are eventually found. Now, twenty-six years after Julie went missing, Roberto “Sandy” Sanchez, a retired Baltimore detective working cold cases for some extra cash, is investigating her murder. What he discovers is a tangled web stretching over three decades that connects five intriguing women. And at the center is the missing man Felix Brewer. Somewhere between the secrets and lies connecting past and present, Sandy will find the truth. And when he does, no one will ever be the same.

‘Optimale spanning, levensechte personages.’ – Harlan Coben Privédetective Tess Monaghan wordt ingeschakeld door Ruthie, een bekende van haar vader. Een jaar geleden is Ruthies lijmsnuivende broer doodgestoken in de gevangenis nadat hij had bekend een tienermeisje te hebben vermoord. Ruthie vraagt Tess om de identiteit van het vermoorde meisje te achterhalen – in de hoop het verband tussen deze moord en die op haar broer te ontdekken. Met niet meer dan een paar aanwijzingen volgt Tess een gevaarlijk spoor dat haar kriskras door Baltimore leidt. Met ieder antwoord dat ze vindt, komen er echter meer vragen op haar af. De belangrijkste: welke rol heeft haar eigen vader in deze moordzaak gespeeld? Laura Lippman was jarenlang journalist. Ze brak door met haar serie rond het personage Tess Monaghan. Ze heeft alle belangrijke prijzen in het thrillergenre gewonnen.

De onopgeloste moord op een belangrijke officier van justitie in de Amerikaanse stad Baltimore is voor privédetective Tess Monaghan weinig meer dan een praktijkvoorbeeld voor haar saaie, maar goed betaalde consultancyklus. Dan neemt haar vriend, Crowe, een straatjongen mee naar huis voor een maaltijd en raakt Tess ineens persoonlijk bij de zaak betrokken: de doodsbange straatjongen blijkt de sleutel tot de moord te zijn. Tess belooft de naam van de jongen geheim te houden. Nadat een van zijn vrienden wordt vermoord, vlucht hij met hulp van Crowe de stad uit. Als de politie en de FBI de druk opvoeren om de identiteit van de jongen te achterhalen merkt Tess hoe ver de autoriteiten kunnen gaan om hun zin te krijgen.

In de buitenwijk waar Heloise woont, wordt ze gezien als een doorsnee alleenstaande moeder met een goed hart en een matig cv. Maar in hotelkamers in de hele omgeving is ze de droom van elke man die zich haar uurtarief kan veroorloven. Ruim tien jaar houdt Heloise haar dubbelleven angstvallig verborgen om zich te beschermen tegen de gevaren die het met zich meebrengt. Maar dan wordt het lijk van een andere zogenaamde `randstad-madam gevonden. Volgens de autoriteiten heeft de vrouw zelfmoord gepleegd, maar wat betekent het voor Heloise als dat niet zo is? Bovendien heeft Val, haar gewelddadige ex-vriend en ex-pooier, zijn gevangenisstraf bijna uitgezeten. Val weet niet dat hij een zoon heeft en ook niet dat Heloise degene was die hem heeft verraden. Maar hoe lang kan Heloise de waarheid voor hem verbergen als hij eenmaal op vrije voeten is? Verdwijnen is geen probleem. Een nieuwe naam en een nieuwe woning zijn eenvoudig te regelen als je de juiste contacten hebt mits je lang genoeg in leven blijft natuurlijk

En 1975, las hermanas Bethany, de once y quince anos, desaparecieron en un centro comercial. Nunca regresaron, sus cuerpos nunca fueron encontrados y cientos de preguntas quedaron sin respuesta: como pudieron secuestrar a dos ninas en un centro comercial atestado? quien o que consiguio atraerlas sin dejar ningun rastro? Treinta anos despues, una extrana mujer que se ha visto envuelta en un accidente de trafico asegura ser la pequena de las ninas. Pero su confesion y las posteriores evasivas con que responde a los investigadores solo profundizan el misterio. Donde ha estado todos estos anos? Por que ha esperado tanto para volver? No hay una sola prueba que respalde su historia, y cada pista que da a la policia parece ser un callejon sin salida. En una historia que avanza y retrocede en el tiempo, solo una persona se atreve a desconfiar de la mujer que dice ser una de las hermanas Bethany y se niega a revelar el destino de la otra. Sera capaz de descubrir la verdad?

A thief targets a local bookstore and it will take a bibliophile PI to save the shop. Tess Monaghan wants to like the Children’s Bookstore. It’s bright, cozy, and packed with the kinds of books that she is dying for her daughter to fall in love with. But no matter how badly she wants to support this adorable local business, the owner’s attitude stops her in her tracks. What kind of children’s bookseller hates children? What’s eating Octavia, the grouchy owner, is more than the pressures of running a small business. Each Saturday, someone steals a stack of her priciest, most beautiful children’s books, and the expense threatens to force her fledgling store out of business. Luckily, Tess is more than a book lover—she’s a private investigator who doesn’t mind working pro bono to help out an independent bookshop. Her simple act of kindness will make Octavia smile for the first time in months—and uncover a crime more suitable for the mystery aisle than the children’s section. The Bibliomysteries are a series of short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.

New York Times bestselling author and one of the most acclaimed novelists in America today, Laura Lippman, presents The Best Mystery & Thriller eBooks. The perfect download to break in your new device, this free sampler is a curated volume of excerpts from new and upcoming titles from the best Mystery & Thriller authors in the genre. It also includes an excerpt from Laura Lippman''s latest novel And When She Was Good and the three bonus short stories that inspired this novel, as well as some insight into the world of Laura Lippman. The Best Mystery & Thriller eBooks includes: An Introduction from Laura Lippman And excerpts from: Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie The Riptide Ultra-Glide by Tim Dorsey The Carrion Birds by Urban Waite There Was An Old Woman by Hallie Ephron The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman Three Shorts Stories: Scratch a Woman; One True Love; Form 95 by Laura Lippman

Todo dia 19 de janeiro, data em que Edgar Allan Poe faria aniversário, uma misteriosa figura usando capa, echarpe e chapéu visita o túmulo do escritor, em Baltimore, presenteando-o com rosas e conhaque, e depois some sem deixar vestígios. Este ano a detetive particular Tess Monaghan está entre os espectadores presentes à cerimônia na gélida noite de janeiro, e ela vê se aproximarem do local de repouso do escritor dois visitantes. Um deles deixa a oferenda e foge. O outro morre no local, abatido pela bala de um assassino. Um dos mais belos rituais da cidade foi destruído e caberá a Tess encontrar o culpado.

Josie, Kat et Perri sont inséparables depuis ce serment qu''elles ont échangé et qui a marqué toutes leurs années à Glendale, la banlieue bourgeoise de Baltimore. Elles sont toujours restées fidèles à ce pacte indestructible qui a fait d''elles le trio le plus célèbre du lycée: l''actrice rebelle, la gymnaste et la beauté généreuse. Désormais, ce sont trois jeunes femmes, prêtes à se lancer dans la grande aventure de l''université et de la liberté. Pourtant, en ce dernier jour de classe, des coups de feu éclatent au lycée. Et quand la police force la porte des toilettes, Perri et Josie baignent dans leur sang tandis que Kat est étendue plus loin, morte d''une balle en pleine poitrine. Que s''est-il passé pour qu''une telle amitié bascule ainsi dans l''horreur ? Est-ce que Josie, la moins gravement touchée, dit vraiment la vérité aux policiers ? Et n''y avait-il que trois personnes dans ces toilettes ? Le doute et la suspicion s''immiscent lentement dans les esprits et remettent tout en cause, jusqu''aux plus belles promesses du passé.

Perennial New York Times and nationally bestselling author and acclaimed multiple–prize winner Laura Lippman delivers a brilliant novel about a woman with a secret life who is forced to make desperate choices to save her son and herself. When Hector Lewis told his daughter that she had a nothing face, it was just another bit of tossed-off cruelty from a man who specialized in harsh words and harsher deeds. But twenty years later, Heloise considers it a blessing to be a person who knows how to avoid attention. In the comfortable suburb where she lives, she''s just a mom, the youngish widow with a forgettable job who somehow never misses a soccer game or a school play. In the state capitol, she''s the redheaded lobbyist with a good cause and a mediocre track record. But in discreet hotel rooms throughout the area, she''s the woman of your dreams—if you can afford her hourly fee. For more than a decade, Heloise has believed she is safe. She has created a rigidly compartmentalized life, maintaining no real friendships, trusting few confidantes. Only now her secret life, a life she was forced to build after the legitimate world turned its back on her, is under siege. Her once oblivious accountant is asking loaded questions. Her longtime protector is hinting at new, mysterious dangers. Her employees can''t be trusted. One county over, another so-called suburban madam has been found dead in her car, a suicide. Or is it? Nothing is as it seems as Heloise faces a midlife crisis with much higher stakes than most will ever know. And then she learns that her son''s father might be released from prison, which is problematic because he doesn''t know he has a son. The killer and former pimp also doesn''t realize that he''s serving a life sentence because Heloise betrayed him. But he''s clearly beginning to suspect that Heloise has been holding something back all these years. With no formal education, no real family, and no friends, Heloise has to remake her life—again. Disappearing will be the easy part. She''s done it before and she can do it again. A new name and a new place aren''t hard to come by if you know the right people. The trick will be living long enough to start a new life.

Laura Lippman introduced Heloise Lewis, the soccer mom/suburban madam, in "One True Love," a story chosen for Best American Mystery Stories, and fleshed out her back story in "Scratch a Woman," an Edgar-nominated novella. Heloise''s complete story is now told for the first time in the scorching novel And When She Was Good, as Heloise tries to reconcile her two selves—the person she is and the mother she wants to be—while trying to stay alive. Hints of Heloise contains the original stories, an excerpt from the novel, and "Form 95," a never-before published story about a man who literally loves her from a distance.

‘As five we were mighty, the points on a star...Once we five joined, it was never boys against girls...Two of our triangles cut themselves off and ran away together, and we were never whole again. Never.’

Nine deliciously dark, funny and twisted short stories from one of America’s top crime writers. EXCLUSIVE EBOOK EDITION ALSO INCLUDES A FREE EXTRACT FROM LAURA’S FORTHCOMING NOVEL THE INNOCENTS.

Eliza Benedict mène une existence heureuse dans sa belle maison de la banlieue de Washington. Elle est une jeune mère proche et attentive pour ses enfants Izobel et Albie. Pourtant, lorsqu’Albie lui apporte un matin la lettre qu’il vient de trouver sous la porte, elle sait bien qu’elle ne leur a pas tout dit. Car cette lettre lui est adressée par Walter Bowman, un homme qui l’a kidnappée quand elle avait quinze ans, un prédateur qui avait déjà tué au moins une autre femme au moment où il a croisé son chemin. Aujourd’hui condamné à mort pour les meurtres d’autres jeunes filles, il attend son exécution dans le couloir de la mort d’une prison de la côte Est. Mais avant de mourir, il veut parler à Eliza. Il est prêt à tout pour la voir, il dit qu’il a des révélations à lui faire. Ecartelée entre son désir de protéger à tout prix sa nouvelle vie et sa volonté de savoir enfin pourquoi elle a été la seule fille que Walter ait relâchée, Eliza va devoir affronter ses souvenirs. Même ceux qui dissimulent peut-être une vérité qu’elle n’aurait jamais voulu connaître... Laura Lippman vit à Baltimore. Elle est l’auteur de quinze romans, traduits dans le monde entier dont Petite musique de meurtre (Point Seuil, 2005) et Ce que savent les morts (Seuil, 2009). Tes dernières volontés a été finaliste du Edgar Award, le plus prestigieux prix de littérature policière aux Etats-Unis.

“One of the best novelists around, period.” —Washington Post “Lippman has enriched literature as a whole. —Chicago Sun-Times One of the most acclaimed novelists in America today, Laura Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of mystery fiction and psychological suspense with her Tess Monaghan p.i. series and her New York Times bestselling standalone novels (What the Dead Know, Life Sentences, I’d Know You Anywhere, etc.). With The Most Dangerous Thing, the multiple award winning author—recipient of the Anthony, Edgar®, Shamus, and Agatha Awards, to name but a few—once again demonstrates how storytelling is done to perfection. Set once again in the well-wrought environs of Lippman’s beloved Baltimore, it is the shadowy tale of a group of onetime friends forced to confront a dark past they’ve each tried to bury following the death of one of their number. Rich in the compassion and insight into flawed human nature that has become a Lippman trademark while telling an absolutely gripping story, The Most Dangerous Thing will not be confined by genre restrictions, reaching out instead to captive a wide, diverse audience, from Harlan Coben and Kate Atkinson fans to readers of Jodi Picoult and Kathryn Stockett.

Duas meninas, expulsas de uma festa de aniversário por mau comportamento, retornam para suas casas. No caminho, encontram um carrinho de bebe abandonado, ainda com seu ocupante. A imprevisível Ronnie Fuller e a responsável Alice Manning querem apenas ser prestativas, fazer o que é certo. Os adultos não pedem justamente isso? Não gostam de crianças boazinhas? Elas decidem salvar o bebe. Mas apesar das boas intenções, algo sai terrivelmente errado. E três famílias são despedaçadas.Sete anos depois, as jovens, então com 18 anos, mais uma vez voltam para suas casas. Apenas seis quarteirões as separam do lar ao qual trouxeram, mesmo que inadvertidamente, dor e luto. Mas, dessa vez, seguem separadas. E com conselhos de se evitarem. Sua ligação quebrada, os segredos intactos, elas entram num mundo onde não há passado. Em troca, lhes é prometido um novo começo. A chance de moldar um futuro diferente. O compromisso, no entanto, é quebrado quando crianças começam a desaparecer e reaparecer. Até que uma não retorna. A prisão da suspeita sufoca Ronnie e Alice. Pais, policiais e advogados sabem que elas precisam enfrentar o que não tiveram coragem sete anos antes. Ou outra mãe pode perder seu filho. E a detetive Nancy Porter, ainda uma novata quando solucionou o caso original no que pareceu um golpe de sorte, precisa agora descobrir a pista que deixou escapar.

“Lippman is a writing powerhouse. ” —USA Today “I love her books.” —Harlan Coben New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman—winner of the Edgar® Award and every other major literary prize given for mystery and crime fiction—embroils Baltimore p.i. Tess Monaghan in the strange case of The Girl in the Green Raincoat. Originally serialized in the New York Times, The Girl in the Green Raincoat is now in book form for the very first time—a masterful thriller in the Alfred Hitchcock mode that places a very pregnant, homebound Tess in the center of a murderous puzzle that could cost her her life and the life of her unborn child.

A powerful and utterly riveting tale that skillfully moves between past and present to explore the lasting effects of crime on a victim''s life that will leave readers racing to the final page, I''d Know You Anywhere is a virtuoso performance from acclaimed, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Laura Lippman. Eliza Benedict cherishes her peaceful, ordinary suburban life with her successful husband and children, thirteen-year-old Iso and eight-year-old Albie. But her tranquillity is shattered when she receives a letter from the last person she ever expects—or wants—to hear from: Walter Bowman. There was your photo, in a magazine. Of course, you are older now. Still, I''d know you anywhere. In the summer of 1985, when she was fifteen, Eliza was kidnapped by Walter and held hostage for almost six weeks. He had killed at least one girl and Eliza always suspected he had other victims as well. Now on death row in Virginia for the rape and murder of his final victim, Walter seems to be making a heartfelt act of contrition as his execution nears. Though Eliza wants nothing to do with him, she''s never forgotten that Walter was most unpredictable when ignored. Desperate to shelter her children from this undisclosed trauma in her past, she cautiously makes contact with Walter. She''s always wondered why Walter let her live, and perhaps now he''ll tell her—and share the truth about his other victims. Yet as Walter presses her for more and deeper contact, it becomes clear that he is after something greater than forgiveness. He wants Eliza to remember what really happened that long-ago summer. He wants her to save his life. And Eliza, who has worked hard for her comfortable, cocooned life, will do anything to protect it—even if it means finally facing the events of that horrifying summer and the terrible truth she''s kept buried inside.

L''inspecteur Kevin Infante n''officiait pas à Baltimore trente ans plus tôt. Il ne connaît donc pas l''histoire des soeurs Bethany, deux petites filles enlevées dans un centre commercial en 1975. Pourquoi croirait-il une femme qui affirme être l''une des soeurs disparues ? Et qui plus est une femme en état de choc, arrêtée alors qu''elle tentait de fuir la police...

Em O que os mortos sabem, Laura Lippman se inspira numa história real para criar um de seus melhores romances. Em 1975, Laura, ainda adolescente, ficou impressionada com a história das irmãs Sheila e Katherine Lyon, que desapareceram nas cercanias de um shopping. O mistério envolvendo seu sumiço nunca foi desvendado, os corpos nunca encontrados. Da família restaram os pais e dois irmãos. Pregado em seu inconsciente, o fato foi o pontapé inicial para um romance completamente ficcional sobre duas irmãs. As meninas Bethany, uma de 11 e outra de 15 anos, desaparecem em um centro comercial. Jamais foram encontradas. Centenas de perguntas sem resposta intrigam os policiais responsáveis pelas investigações: como puderam seqüestrar duas meninas? Quem as atraiu para fora do shopping? Trinta anos após o incidente, uma mulher bate o carro numa autoestrada do estado de Maryland. E surpreende a todos ao dizer ser uma das irmãs. Mas sua confissão e as evasivas com que responde ao interrogatório aprofundam o mistério. Onde esteve por todos esses anos? Habilmente transitando entre as ruas da memória, entre passado e presente, Lippman reconstrói o último dia das irmãs, Sunny e Heather, visto de diferentes perspectivas. Pequenas pistas espalhadas pela narrativa levam a surpreendente, mas plausível solução do crime e a identidade da motorista misteriosa. O que os mortos sabem é uma história sobre enganos e desilusões, sobre feridas e traições, que confirma o nome de Lippman como uma das melhores autoras do gênero.

The New York Times bestselling author returns to the compelling terrain of Every Secret Thing and To the Power of Three with this indelible story of crime and vengeance in which the past becomes all-too-present. When he’s called to the scene of an accident detective Kevin Infante is drawn into a shocking and puzzling crime that still haunts the Baltimore P.D. Twenty years ago, two little girls were kidnapped from a shopping mall, igniting fear and anger throughout the city. Now, a clearly disoriented woman involved in the accident claims to be one of the missing girls. But instead of closing the case, her appearance marks the beginning of a nightmare that will once again rock Baltimore and threaten everyone it touches. The woman claims one of Baltimore’s beloved cops snatched her and her sister. Is it the truth-or the ravings of a damaged mind? There isn’t a shred of evidence to support her story: The cop is dead and her parents can’t verify the woman is even their daughter, for both girls were adopted and do not share their DNA. And who is the body in the unmarked grave the girl reveals? With the department’s reputation, a dead man’s honor, and his own badge on the line, Infante must go back to a past he barely knows to find answers—and maybe even justice—once and for all.

“Powerful….A gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was….Brilliant, insightful, moving.” —Chicago Sun-Times There are excellent reasons why New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman has won the Edgar®, Agatha, Anthony, Nero Wolfe, and every other major award the mystery genre has to offer. To the Power of Three is just one of those reasons. Lippman’s brilliant and disturbing tale of three inseparable high school girlfriends in an affluent Baltimore suburb who share dark secrets literally until death, To the Power of Three is this “writing powerhouse” (USA Today), who has “exploded the boundaries of the mystery genre to become one of the most significant social realists of our time” (Madison Smartt Bell) operating at the very top of her game. Not merely crime fiction, but fiction that gets to the deep psychological, emotional, and human roots of a terrible crime, Lippman’s novel is one that will not be easily forgotten—a must read for fans of Kate Atkinson, Tana French, Jodi Picoult, and Harlan Coben

A trade paperback collection of 16 short stories, some new, some published before, all together for the first time, featuring Tess Monaghan, New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lippman’s acclaimed private eye For the first time together in one collection is a mix of brand new Tess Monaghan short mysteries as well as previously published, award-winning short stories. Split into three parts—Girls Gone Wild (seven stories about girls behaving badly); Other Cities, Not My Own (four stories about places outside of Baltimore); My Baby Walks the Streets of Baltimore (four stories and a profile)—the inimitable Tess Monaghan, along with some old friends and new faces, is back solving crime.

An original anthology celebrating Rod Serling''s landmark television series When it first aired in 1959, The Twilight Zone was nothing less than groundbreaking television. Freed from much of the censors'' strict oversight because of the show''s classification as "science fiction," the 156 filmed episodes explored powerful and moving human themes—love, hate, pride, jealousy, terror—in their own unique style.The show has since inspired two revivals, as well as fiction, comic books, and magazines, and even a pinball game and theme park rides. Just as important, it sparked the imaginations of countless writers, filmmakers, and fans around the world, and is considered a seminal show for broadening the horizons of television. This anthology will be an all-new collection of stories written in the vein of the original television show. Edited and featured and introduction by Carol Serling, the anthology will include brand new stories by science fiction and fantasy luminaries such as Whitley Strieber, Loren D. Estleman, Joe Lansdale, R. L. Stine, Timothy Zahn, and Peter S. Beagle, as well as writers from the original series, Earl Hammer and Harlan Ellison®, all in honor of Rod''s incredible vision. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author Cassandra Fallows has achieved remarkable success by baring her life on the page. Her two widely popular memoirs continue to sell briskly, acclaimed for their brutal, unexpurgated candor about friends, family, lovers—and herself. But now, after a singularly unsuccessful stab at fiction, Cassandra believes she may have found the story that will enable her triumphant return to nonfiction. When Cassandra was a girl, growing up in a racially diverse middle-class neighborhood in Baltimore, her best friends were all black: elegant, privileged Donna; sharp, shrewd Tisha; wild and worldly Fatima. A fifth girl orbited their world—a shy, quiet, unobtrusive child named Calliope Jenkins—who, years later, would be accused of killing her infant son. Yet the boy''s body was never found and Calliope''s unrelenting silence on the subject forced a judge to jail her for contempt. For seven years, Calliope refused to speak and the court was finally forced to let her go. Cassandra believes this still unsolved real-life mystery, largely unknown outside Baltimore, could be her next bestseller. But her homecoming and latest journey into the past will not be welcomed by everyone, especially by her former friends, who are unimpressed with Cassandra''s success—and are insistent on their own version of their shared history. And by delving too deeply into Calliope''s dark secrets, Cassandra may inadvertently unearth a few of her own—forcing her to reexamine the memories she holds most precious, as the stark light of truth illuminates a mother''s pain, a father''s betrayal . . . and what really transpired on a terrible day that changed not only a family but an entire country.