The Sugar House
by Laura Lippman
4.5 of 5.0 stars
Laura Lippman does not disappoint. She crafts a thriller like no one else: detailed, interwinding story plots, complex characters. I never want the book to end and find myself reading the last pages slower as to prolong the story as much as I can.
This one involved politics, her family, the police and fire departments, a home for rich troubled girls, her personal friends and a boyfriend, Crow and so many more. Tess is strong and able, she makes mistakes and is stumped at times. She is tough and carries a gun, yet she's vulnerable and I worry about her naivety at times too.
With Lippman, it always comes together at the end. No matter how many plot lines seem unrelated and impossible to tie together. They do.
Good thriller and story, great writing.
by Laura Lippman
4.5 of 5.0 stars
Laura Lippman does not disappoint. She crafts a thriller like no one else: detailed, interwinding story plots, complex characters. I never want the book to end and find myself reading the last pages slower as to prolong the story as much as I can.
This one involved politics, her family, the police and fire departments, a home for rich troubled girls, her personal friends and a boyfriend, Crow and so many more. Tess is strong and able, she makes mistakes and is stumped at times. She is tough and carries a gun, yet she's vulnerable and I worry about her naivety at times too.
With Lippman, it always comes together at the end. No matter how many plot lines seem unrelated and impossible to tie together. They do.
Good thriller and story, great writing.
about the author from goodreads.com
Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working fulltime and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Her work has been awarded the Edgar ®, the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Nero Wolfe, Gumshoe and Barry awards. She also has been nominated for other prizes in the crime fiction field, including the Hammett and the Macavity. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor’s Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association.
Ms. Lippman grew up in Baltimore and attended city schools through ninth grade. After graduating from Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md., Ms. Lippman attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Her other newspaper jobs included the Waco Tribune-Herald and the San Antonio Light.
Ms. Lippman returned to Baltimore in 1989 and has lived there since. She is the daughter of Theo Lippman Jr., a Sun editorial writer who retired in 1995 but continues to freelance for several newspapers, and Madeline Mabry Lippman, a former Baltimore City school librarian. Her sister, Susan, is a local bookseller.
Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working fulltime and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Her work has been awarded the Edgar ®, the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Nero Wolfe, Gumshoe and Barry awards. She also has been nominated for other prizes in the crime fiction field, including the Hammett and the Macavity. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor’s Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association.
Ms. Lippman grew up in Baltimore and attended city schools through ninth grade. After graduating from Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md., Ms. Lippman attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Her other newspaper jobs included the Waco Tribune-Herald and the San Antonio Light.
Ms. Lippman returned to Baltimore in 1989 and has lived there since. She is the daughter of Theo Lippman Jr., a Sun editorial writer who retired in 1995 but continues to freelance for several newspapers, and Madeline Mabry Lippman, a former Baltimore City school librarian. Her sister, Susan, is a local bookseller.
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