Sunburn by Laura Lippman

Sunburn by Laura Lippman

"Suspenseful as hell, and she writes like a dream [...] Lippman's always good, but this is a cut above."

   --STEPHEN KING



They meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he's also just passing through. Yet she stays. And he stays--drawn to the 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.

Then 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?

Something--or someone--has to give.

 "Fast-paced and unpredictable...a smart, sly riff on love in a world of trouble that's puzzling until the very last piece falls into place."

   --O, the Oprah Magazine



"Cool and twisty."

   --New York Times Book Review

Joseph Wallace has published over fifteen books and dozens of articles on a wide range of themes, including baseball, natural history, medicine, and the invention of the light bulb. Liminal is his first published noir story. Laura Lippman deserves credit for suggesting it, especially since he's a lifetime New York Mets fan who remembers the 1969 World Series well.