Every Secret Thing

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"Every Secret Thing is one of those books that publishers like to say 'transcends the genre,' but in this case it's true."-Chicago Tribune Two eleven-year-old girls, banished from a summer birthday party, take a wrong turn onto an unfamiliar Baltimore street-and encounter an abandoned stroller with a baby inside. In an instant, dutiful Alice Manning and unpredictable Ronnie Fuller make a disastrous decision that will shatter three families. Seven years later, Alice and Ronnie again make their way home, separately now, their fragile bond long shattered, yet their secrets still closely kept. If they stay away from each other, they have been promised a fresh start, a past wiped clean. That promise is broken when another child disappears under disturbingly similar circumstances. And unless Alice, Ronnie, and all the adults involved finally confront ugly truths about the past and their own misguided notions of guilt and innocence, another young life will be lost-and another family irrevocably destroyed.

Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at the Baltimore Sun. Her novels have won almost every prize given for crime fiction in the United States, including the Edgar, Anthony, Nero Wolfe and Agatha awards. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, the writer David Simon who created hit TV series The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street.

"Laura Lippman can speak in any voice....This may be the best book I've read all year." -- Charlotte News & Observer "...a chilling study of mothers, daughters, love, and murder....Lucid, tight, and compelling." -- Kirkus Reviews on Every Secret Thing "This is a standout. And the story of children in jeopardy and innocence lost is sadly all too timely." -- Orlando Sentinel