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Biographical note
Before becoming a full-time novelist, Laura Lippman was a newspaper reporter for many years. She has won just about every crime writing award going, including the Anthony Award and non genre awards for Literary Excellence. She lives in Baltimore with her partner, the writer David Simon, and their daughter.Every time Laura Lippman comes out with a new book, I get chills because I know I am back in the hands of the master. She is simply a brilliant novelist, an unflinching chronicler of life in America right now
- Gillian Flynn,
Tess is feisty ... It is a joy to watch her come alive
WASHINGTON TIMES
A rare find: a puzzle so finely calibrated that each new disclosure brings revelation and deepening mystery at the same time, as well as a sense of place so unerring it makes Baltimore everyone's hometown
KIRKUS
Solid crime that'll keep you wondering 'til the end what the boys at the top get up to
MIRROR
The story flows easily, the dialogue is realistic and the characters sharply drawn ... a good introduction to this experienced crime novelist's work
DAILY TELEGRAPH
One of the best novelists around, period
WASHINGTON POST
[Lippman] only seems to be getting better
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Laura Lippman is among the select group of novelists who have invigorated the crime fiction arena with smart, innovative, and exciting work
- George Pelecanos,
One of the most polished and consistently interesting writers of detective fiction today
THE ECONOMIST
One of America's most important literary voices
IRISH TIMES
Lippman has enriched literature as a whole
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
A force to be reckoned with in crime fiction
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
What makes THE SUGAR HOUSE so satisfying is the complexity of plot and character. This is the fifth entry in an already admirable mystery series, and Lippman and Tess make the deserved transition from paperback to hardcover with ease. Both just keep getting better
CHICAGO TRIBUNE