Lady in the Lake - Laura Lipman

Lady in the Lake - Laura Lipman

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Publication Date:  July 25, 2019

Maddie has been the model upper middle class Jewish housewife of 1960s  Baltimore.   After a visit from a former classmate, she realizes she wants something else.  She leaves her husband and son (who chooses to stay with his father) with hopes of realizing her dream of becoming a newspaper reporter. A chance finding of the body of a missing child provides her first opportunity  to try to realize that ambition.  A further investigation into the life and death of a young black woman leads Maddie into making some questionable choices while attempting to further her career.

This book is written using an interesting style that I liked. The story alternates between third person account of Maddie and her actions and first person accounts of the various other characters she encounters. The author does a good job capturing the culture and tone of the 1960s.  It took a while to build up the story and all of the characters and then the resolution wrapped up very quickly.  Unfortunately, I think I lot of readers might find Maddie a rather unlikable character.