Sunburn - Softcover

A brilliant novelist, an unflinching chronicler of life in America right now, and Sunburn is her dark, gleaming noir gem. Read it. (Gillian Flynn)

Note-perfect noir . . . not to be missed. (Megan Abbott)

Another extraordinary novel from Laura Lippman - full of just-one-more chapter, stay-up-late suspense, but packed too with nuance, subtlety, observation and humanity. (Lee Child)

A tantalising, ingeniously constructed page-turner. (Guardian)

When you reach for one of Lippman's books, you know you will be lost to your world for a bit, and totally immersed in hers. (Daily Mail)

A pacy, pithy modern take on the noir tradition - and influenced by the old movies that the heroine loves - this is terrific entertainment. (Sunday Mirror)

What, as a certain Dr Freud asked, do women want? . . . Rich philosophy for a noir tale to sustain, but Lippman handles it with masterly flair, delivering a thrilling succession of revelations and perfectly weighted twists in a fluent prose liberally salted with side-of-the-mouth wit and wisdom. (Irish Times)

Fast-paced and unpredictable, Sunburn is a smart, sly riff on love in a world of trouble that's puzzling until the very last piece falls into place. (O Oprah Magazine, Best Books to Read This Month)

'If you're lucky, you read one book every year that makes you ration yourself to a chapter a day because you don't want it to end. For me, Sunburn was that book. Lippman is often compared to such writers as the glorious Anne Tyler and the impeccable James M. Cain. Indeed, her writing is a heady concoction of similar skills.' (Christena Appleyard Daily Mail)

Profoundly atmospheric, Sunburn unsettles from its first page (Marcel Berlins The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR)

'Sunburn is [Lippman's] dark, gleaming noir gem. Read it.' GILLIAN FYNN Winner of the eDunnit Award for best crime novel in e book, 2018 Nominated for the CWA Gold Dagger, 2018 Meet Polly, which may or may not be her real name, this year's most dangerous leading lady... They meet by chance in a local bar in a small town in Delaware. Polly is heading west. Adam says he's also passing through. Yet she stays and so does he - drawn to this mysterious redhead who unnerves and excites him. Over the course of one hot summer, they abandon themselves to a steamy affair. But each holds back something from the other - dangerous, even lethal, secrets . . .