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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This excellent novel about two missing girls kept me guessing all the way to the powerful and riveting conclusion. Lippman is a wonderful writer, and I found myself unable to put this book down until I read it all the way through. The tragic tale of two girls who disappeared one afternoon and the effect that disappearance had on the lives of those around them is wrapped up the gradual unraveling of the truth behind that afternoon, and the many shadings of guilt that surround Heather and Bethany's disappearance. Despite bouncing between perspectives and time, this novel never loses momentum; Lippman keeps the tension building as the story rockets toward the truth. Highly recommended. (  ) ForeignCircus | Dec 31, 2009 |  What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman came to a not unexpected but interesting end. It is quite a wrenching tale of what happens to a family when their two daughters disappear from a shopping mall, one of them supposedly resurfacing thirty years later. Did I say wrenching? Maybe 'insidious' is a better word. But a very good book. I don't think I've read any of Lippman's books before, but I might try another. (  ) jbleil | Dec 23, 2009 | Very dark; not Tess Monihan but set in Baltimore. Interesting but Dark. I almost didn't make it further than the first five or so chapters because it was depressing, but I'm glad that I continued. Once I accepted the major premise I became involved in discovering what happened to the Bethany sisters. Lippman's good at pacing the information the reader needs to stay involved. ( ) dianaleez | Dec 5, 2009 | Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by the questions. Now a disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour traffic accident claims to be one of the sisters. Could this be possible? ( ) RABooktalker | Nov 11, 2009 | I'm not actually sure if this was a good book or not, which sound silly. I think it could have benefited from a little tightening.However, the plot is certainly compelling, and chances are you won't guess the ending till you get there. A page-turner. (  ) alissamarie | Oct 25, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061128864, Mass Market Paperback)Thirty years ago, the two Bethany sisters, ages 11 and 15, disappeared from a Baltimore shopping mall. They never returned, their bodies were never found, and only painful questions remain. How do you kidnap two girls from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now, decades later, in the aftermath of a rush-hour hit-and-run accident, a clearly disoriented woman is claiming to be Heather, the younger Bethany sister. Not a shred of evidence supports her story, and every lead she reluctantly offers takes the police to another dead end—a dying, incoherent man; a razed house; a missing grave. But there is something she knows about that terrible day . . . and about a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart by an unthinkable tragedy and the fissures it revealed in a seemingly perfect household. (retrieved from Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:03:58 -0500) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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