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| View Larger Image | What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
| | List Price: | $7.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 4665 | | Studio: | Harper | | | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 400 | | Publication Date: | March 01, 2008 | | Publisher: | Harper |
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Product Description
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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 108 reviews)
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What the Dead Know 
Well written, insightful, full of information that those of us who know Baltimore appreciate and above all a terrific read!
August 31, 2008 | |
Pretty good mystery 
This was a selection for my book club and it was a nice change to read a mystery. Overall, I'd say it was a good read. Not one of my favorites, but it was easy to get into and kept me thinking through the whole book.
August 23, 2008 | |
first half=4 stars, second half=2 stars. 
This is the first Laura Lippman novel that I've read. I don't think I would've ever picked this book up if I hadn't read a positive review from someone I trust.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The first few chapters get your head spinning. It's an uncomfortable feeling not knowing what's coming next and actually caring. This feeling began to cool towards the second half of the book. Like most authors of this genre Lippman lost a little bit of steam when it came to actually tying up the loose ends on all the plot lines she had entertained me with in the first half. The characters were great. The only one that I had trouble with was the lead detective, Kevin Infante. I didn't like him b/c he was a cookie cutter version of every detective in a novel like this. He's from out of town, plays by his own rules, and SUPRISE! he's a ladies man. (snore) Thankfully he wasn't asked to carry much of the story on his own.
There's one large twist at the end that you'll probably see from early on in the book, but that's only a fraction of "what the dead know".
If you like this one, try Harlan Coben's "Gone for Good".
August 12, 2008 | |
What This Reader Knows
What this reader knows--and delightedly so--is that he has discovered a wonderful way to get his suspense fix in Laura Lippman. This was my first book by her, picked up purely on the basis of the back cover copy at the airport and I have to say that I was transfixed from cover to cover. Lippman''s intricately-layered, mysterious narrative is the kind of book you hate to put down, and can't wait for the next opportunity to pick up again to see what twists and turns the author has crafted. Lippman's sympathetic and adept characterization (she knows how to make you care about the people about whom she's writing), her astonishing sense of pacing and suspense-building, her true-to-life settings, and her simple ability to tell a bang-up story make this one writer I look forward to reading again and again. This was truly a bravura performance and I can only hope her other books live up to the promise of this one.
August 07, 2008 | |
Glued to it!
This is the first Laura Lippman book I've ever read. I normally don't stay with an author because I like a variety and prefer to jump around. I must say,I will definitely be reading Ms Lippman again. I am hooked. This books was so suspenseful and action packed, I could not put it down, a real page turner. The premise alone was extremely original, not like the same old missing persons hulla-buloo. Even though she jumped from present day to past events, it was so easy to follow. The writing is so emotionally descriptive (but not overkill) and shear genius! Read it! This is not your typical mystery. You wont be disappointed.
August 06, 2008 | |
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