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. Still, each holds something back from the other-dangerous, even lethal, secrets. Over the course of a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Yet she stays and he stays-drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness both unnerves and excites him. They meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware.

But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals-and cold-blooded murder. New 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. Read it.' -Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl She is simply a brilliant novelist, an unflinching chronicler of life in America right now, and Sunburn is her dark, gleaming noir gem. '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. But there’s no escaping the pains of growing up, and she’ll soon learn that life on a small island where everyone knows each other’s business may not be all it’s cracked up to be.ĭrawn by SIMON GANE, the artist behind Eisner-nominated Ghost Tree and THEY’RE NOT LIKE US, and written by ANDI WATSON, author of The Book Tour, Kerry and the Knight of the Forest, and the forthcoming Punycorn.Named 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. The Warners are everything her parents are not-glamorous, sophisticated, and carefree-and when Rachel meets Benjamin, a handsome young friend of the Warners, her summer seems to be taking a turn for the better. So when family friends invite her to spend the summer with them in Greece, she jumps at the chance to escape her life and finally be treated like an adult. With her summer already mapped out for her-a job working at the butcher and a caravan holiday in Clacton-it seems like this year will only bring more of the same.

It’s a world of brown sauce, warm beer, and scrambled eggs every Tuesday. Rachel is a teenager who lives a gray suburban life in gray suburban England.

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