{"product_id":"sunburn-book-laura-lippman-9780062389923","title":"Sunburn","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2018 by Bustle, Popsugar, Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Seattle Times, Book Riot, LitHub, BookPage, and Paperback Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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 right now, and Sunburn is her dark, gleaming noir gem. Read it.\" -Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew York Times 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\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne is playing a long game. But which one?\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\u003eWhich one will it be?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInspired by James M. Cain's masterpieces The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, Sunburn is a tantalizing modern noir from the incomparable Laura Lippman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49584562012433,"sku":"GOR009376287","price":4.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758177788177,"sku":"CIN0062389920G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343450312977,"sku":"CIN0062389920A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50524179530001,"sku":"CIN0062389920VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062389920.jpg?v=1751131737","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/sunburn-book-laura-lippman-9780062389923","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}