{"product_id":"every-secret-thing-a-novel-isbn-9780060506674","title":"Every Secret Thing: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“This is a standout.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eOrlando Sentinel \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“One of those books that publishers like to say ‘transcends the genre,’ but in this case it’s true.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery Secret Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting story of love and murder, guilt and innocence, adult sins and childhood darkness that the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e hailed as, “powerful…disturbing.” Stepping away from her acclaimed, award-winning mystery series featuring Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan, author Laura Lippman has delivered a novel of psychological suspense that will shock and mesmerize readers, gripping them to the page while breaking their hearts. The tale of a terrible event that devastates three families, after two young girls discover by of an unsupervised baby on an empty street, \u003cem\u003eEvery Secret Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is a bravura demonstration of the extraordinary storytelling skill that has won Laura Lippman every major literary prize bestowed upon mystery writers, including the Edgar®, the Anthony, the Shamus, and the Agatha Awards. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eSince her debut in 1997, Laura Lippman has won virtually every major prize in the mystery-writing field and earned the highest critical praise for her Tess Monaghan series, which has been called \"spectacular\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), \"terrific fun\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), \"a delight\" (\u003cem\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/em\u003e), and \"the best mystery writing around\" (\u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e). Now Lippman steps outside her series to deliver her darkest, most troubling tale -- and vaults into the crime-fiction elite with a haunting story of murder, fate's accidents, and the stories we tell ourselves when we try to make sense of the unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a July afternoon two little girls, banished from a birthday party, take a wrong turn onto an unfamiliar Baltimore street -- and encounter an abandoned stroller with a baby inside it. Dutiful Alice Manning and unpredictable Ronnie Fuller only want to be helpful, to be good. People like children who are good, Alice thinks. But whatever the girls' real intentions, things go horribly awry and three families are destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven years later Alice and Ronnie are heading home again -- only separately this time, their fragile bond long shattered, their secrets still closely kept. Advised to avoid each other, they enter a world where they essentially have no past. In exchange, they are promised a fresh start, the chance to mold their own future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat promise is broken when a child disappears, under disturbingly similar circumstances. And the adults in Alice's and Ronnie's lives -- the parents, the lawyers, the police -- realize that they must now confront the shattering truths they couldn't face seven years earlier. Or another mother will lose her child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomicide detective Nancy Porter was a rookie cop when she solved the original case with a bit of freakish luck -- and almost derailed her own career. Adept at finding the small things that can make or break a homicide case, now she must master the larger picture in order to understand where guilt truly lies. For no one is innocent in this world. Not even the children.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Laura Lippman can speak in any voice....This may be the best book I’ve read all year.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlotte News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...a chilling study of mothers, daughters, love, and murder....Lucid, tight, and compelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews on Every Secret Thing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mesmerizing. . . . A spine-tingler that resonates with torn-from-the-headlines immediacy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every Secret Thing will stay with you for a long time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not just a mystery but a tragedy...a grimly satisfying read that illumines one of our deepest fears as a modern society.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a standout. And the story of children in jeopardy and innocence lost is sadly all too timely.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889412993253,"sku":"NP9780060506674","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060506674.jpg?v=1730231202","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/every-secret-thing-a-novel-isbn-9780060506674","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}