{"product_id":"sunburn-9780062389985","title":"Sunburn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eright now\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSunburn\u003c\/em\u003e is her dark, gleaming noir gem. Read it.\"\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e-Gillian Flynn, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with a superb novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals--and cold-blooded murder.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne is playing a long game. But which one?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he's also passing through. Yet she stays and he stays--drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness both unnerves and excites him. Over the course of a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds something back from the other--dangerous, even lethal, secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen someone dies. Was it an accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other's lives and lies that neither one knows how to get away--or even if they want to. Is their love strong enough to withstand the truth, or will it ultimately destroy them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething--or someone--has to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhich one will it be?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by James M. Cain's masterpieces \u003cem\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice, Double \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndemnity, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSunburn \u003c\/em\u003eis a tantalizing modern noir from the incomparable Laura Lippman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLippman, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSince LAURA LIPPMAN's debut, she has won multiple awards and critical acclaim for provocative, timely crime novels set in her beloved hometown of Baltimore. Laura has been nominated for more than fifty awards for crime fiction and won almost twenty, including the Edgar. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Now a perennial \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, she lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLippman, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSince \u003cstrong\u003eLaura Lippman's \u003c\/strong\u003edebut in 1997, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the essential crime writers of the last 100 years. Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641357144338,"sku":"9780062389985","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0a5fcfc-2723-40c8-bb9d-f076ef87231a.jpg?v=1733012714","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sunburn-9780062389985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}