Every Secret Thing
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Every Secret Thing

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 3, 2007

    No Secret Thing - Good Book

    I have read several of Laura Lippman's books and have yet to be disappointed. She has the 'double-whammy' of good plots and well-drawn characters. I have never found her books slow moving - on the contrary - I can hardly turn the pages fast enough.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 20, 2012

    Every Secret Thing

    I had high expectations for Lipmann and I am so glad she exceeded them! I was surprised by the ending and her writing style is superb. So excited to read more by her and suggest this to everyone!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2008

    Page-turning suspense...but unlikable characters.

    This is the first Laura Lippman novel I've read, and on the whole it's an intriguing, well-thought out mystery/drama with some surprising twists and turns. That being said, there is one flaw that I simply could not overlook or ignore...the completey self-absorbed, unlikeable characters, especially Cynthia Barnes, the mother of the murdered baby Olivia. I wanted to feel sympathy for her for her loss, because what a terrible loss it was, but I just could not. The character of Cynthia was a cold, haughty, nasty woman who believed the world should revolve around her, and she was portrayed this way in flashbacks of her life even before her child was killed! There was nothing, NOTHING even remotely redeeming about her, and it numbs the story somewhat and hardens the readers to her plight, which is central to the story. And the rest of the characters aren't much better...they all seem to want to use the old tragedy and the new case solely to their advantage. All in all, Every Secret Thing is a unique story with plenty of suspense but regrettably awful characters. It's a flaw that can't be overlooked.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 13, 2005

    Interesting and Provocative

    Every Secret Thing was a wonderful mystery. Lippman held a great amount of detail so that with every page, you felt like you were closer to knowing the plot. There are a lot of characters, which is a bit disorienting at first, but Lippman clearly describes each character's place in the novel, thus leading to great points of view.

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