jenkepesh 's review for:

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

4.0

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Lippman not only writes mysteries well, she steadfastly hews to her setting—always Baltimore and environs, using landmarks, history, and social divisions that truly exist and add a depth of atmosphere rare in genre writing. This story is set in 1965, long before the Tess Monaghan series, but allowing cameos for numerous people who appear in that later-set series.