Life Sentences: A Novel - Rilegato

Lippman has enriched literature as a whole. (Chicago Sun-Times)

Life Sentences is an original and intricately woven whydunnit, with characters as real as the Baltimore streets they live on.With Laura Lippman’s unique storytelling and love of the genre, mystery awards will surely keep pouring in. (Madison County Herald, Mississippi)

“Lippman knows exactly what she’s doing.” (Seattle Times)

“Lippman, a Baltimore native, skillfully brings the racial and economic tensions of her middle-class neighborhood to life in this poignant page-turner.” (Daily News)

“Theirs is a strong and vivid story, one that will intrigue many readers―especially, I suspect, women who find echoes of their own lives and friendships in this drama.” (Washington Post)

“Succeeds brilliantly... Lippman is in total command of her material, weaving strands about race, family myths and self-deception into a mystery so taut the reader is nearly afraid to keep going―and simultaneously powerless to stop. (People)