I'd Know You Anywhere
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $25.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-170655-4
Near the start of this outstanding novel of psychological suspense from Edgar-winner Lippman (Life Sentences), Eliza Benedict, a 38-year-old married mother of two living in suburban Maryland, receives a letter from Walter Bowman, the man who kidnapped her the summer she was 15 and is now on death row. The narrative shifts between the present and that long ago summer, when Eliza involuntarily became a part of Walter's endless road trip, including the fateful night when he picked up another teenage girl, Holly Tackett. Soon after Walter killed Holly, Eliza was rescued and taken home. Eliza must now balance a need for closure with a desire to protect herself emotionally. Walter wants something specific from her, but she has no idea what, and she's not sure that she wants to know. All the relationships, from the sometimes contentious one between Eliza and her sister, Vonnie, to the significantly stranger one between Walter and Barbara LaFortuny, an advocate for prisoners, provide depth and breadth to this absorbing story. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 08/02/2010
Release date: 08/01/2010
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 373 pages - 9780061706554
Other - 400 pages - 9780062008237
Paperback - 499 pages - 9780061979224
Paperback - 372 pages - 9780062070753
Paperback - 336 pages - 9789865956325
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