{"product_id":"wilde-lake-a-novel-isbn-9780062083463","title":"Wilde Lake: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Best Novel nominee for the 2017 Anthony Award!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn African-American man accused of rape by a humiliated girl.  A vengeful father.  A courageous attorney.  A worshipful daughter.  \u003c\/em\u003eThink you know this story?  Think again.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Lippman, the “extravagantly gifted” (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author, delivers “one of her best novels ” (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post)—\u003c\/em\u003ea modern twist on \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e. Scott Turow writes in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times,\u003c\/em\u003e “\u003cem\u003eWilde Lake\u003c\/em\u003e is a real success.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuisa “Lu” Brant is the newly elected state’s attorney representing suburban Maryland—including the famous planned community of Columbia, created to be a utopia of racial and economic equality. Prosecuting a controversial case involving a disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death, the fiercely ambitious Lu is determined to avoid the traps that have destroyed other competitive, successful women. She’s going to play it smart to win this case—and win big—cementing her political future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her intensive preparation for trial unexpectedly dredges up painful recollections of another crime—the night when her brother, AJ, saved his best friend at the cost of another man’s life. Only eighteen, AJ was cleared by a grand jury. Justice was done. Or was it? Did the events of 1980 happen as she remembers them? She was only a child then. What details didn’t she know? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she plunges deeper into the past, Lu is forced to face a troubling reality. The legal system, the bedrock of her entire life, does not have all the answers. But what happens when she realizes that, for the first time, she doesn’t want to know the whole truth?\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eLuisa “Lu” Brant is the newly elected state’s attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to burnish her reputation by trying a homeless man accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It’s not the kind of case that makes national headlines, but peaceful Howard County doesn’t see many homicides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Lu prepares for the trial, the case dredges up painful memories, reminding her small but tight-knit family of the night when her brother, AJ, saved his best friend at the cost of another man’s life. Only eighteen at the time, AJ was found to have acted in self-defense. Now Lu wonders if the events of 1980 happened as she remembers them. Long discrete memories begin to fit together, revealing connections and secrets that Lu never suspected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more she learns about her new case, the more questions arise about the past. Why was her brother’s friend attacked? Who was the true victim? Lu discovers that the legal system, the bedrock of her entire life, can no longer provide comfort or even reliable answers. If there is such a thing as the whole truth, Lu realizes—possibly too late—that she would be better off not knowing what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“She’s one of the best novelists around, period.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ultimately, Wilde Lake is not so much a crime novel that rises to the level of serious literature as serious literature that rises to the level of great crime fiction. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A heady brew of twisting tale and accelerating introspection, \u003ci\u003eWilde Lake\u003c\/i\u003e at once disturbs and delights, as Lippman impels not only her characters but also her readers to question the depth of their understanding of the past…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lippman draws on two decades of crime reporting to produce a heart-stopping new thriller, which pivots on a state attorney’s drive and cunning as she unravels a baffling murder case with personal implications.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in “Wilde Lake,” which proves that the most intricate of mysteries are how we deal with each other. Each of us is a product of our childhood — it’s what we do with it that makes the difference.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Ko, author of The Leavers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lippman is an expert at lending a clear-eyed view of the bonds that link people and the truths we tell ourselves to survive the emotional morass of life. She continues this high standard in Wilde Lake.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Ko, author of The Leavers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWilde Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is engrossing, suspenseful and substantial, its wit easing a sober, somewhat elegiac air.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ultimately, Wilde Lake is not so much a crime novel that rises to the level of serious literature as serious literature that rises to the level of great crime fiction…In the case of this novel, the form allows the author to share her outspoken female wisdom on everything from civil rights - though recent events in Baltimore are only alluded to, they haunt the narrative - to homosexuality during the poisonous Reagan era to parenthood.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman’s brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality...Lippman is an A-list crime writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lippman as always treads the fine line between certainty and amazement.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laura Lippman is one of my favorite writers. I cannot focus on anything else when I am reading one of her books. Her writing makes me wish I lived a sexier and more violent life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMindy Kaling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As shocking secrets are revealed, the reader realizes that nothing and no one can be taken at face value in Lippman’s brainy, witty, socially conscious, and all-consuming inquiry into human nature and our slowly evolving sense of justice and equality. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Lippman is an A-list crime writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“… [a] richly plotted and emotionally devastating standalone…Lippman plays with the concept of truth and expertly hones in on the question of whether there are some truths we never want to know.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lippman is one of those writers whom other writers want to emulate. I love everything about her writing: her sharp yet merciful eye for human frailites, her seamlessly organic plots and, most of all, simply her writing itself. Even for a writer of Lippman’s calibre, Wilde Lake is a standout novel: an intelligent, emotional, satisfying mystery that explores huge themes in small-town microcosm, in the manner of To Kill A Mocking Bird, the inspiration on which it reflects. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Marwood, author of The Killer Next Door and The Wicked Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Intriguing premise, stunning reveal, irresistible read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVal McDermid, author of Splinter the Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laura Lippman’s WILDE LAKE is one of her best and most personal. . . . Lippman’s novels are tough-minded, entertaining, heartfelt and wise . . . . She’s one of today’s essential writers, and this, her 20th novel, reminds us why.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for After I’m Gone: “Lippman is a writing powerhouse.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laura Lippman’s stories aren’t just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart. She is quite simply one of the best crime novelists writing today.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTess Gerritsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I never miss Laura Lippman’s novels.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Quindlen, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888675778789,"sku":"NP9780062083463","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062083463.jpg?v=1730229593","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/wilde-lake-a-novel-isbn-9780062083463","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}