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Older, but still beautiful

After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman

February 11, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

After I’m Gone – 3/ 5 Earlier this year, I read a Patricia Cornwell novel that supposedly takes place in Richmond. But I don’t recognize the Richmond in that book at all, even after living in the city for six years. I lived in Baltimore for one year, taught in a school there, watched through The Wire a few times, and go back periodically for various reasons. This book takes place in a Baltimore I recognize. This Baltimore has suburbs, it has neighborhoods and people […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: After I'm Gone, Laura Lippman

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:81 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: After I'm Gone, Laura Lippman ·
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The sum of our experiences influences all

November 21, 2014 by Sara Habein Leave a Comment

(This post original appear on Glorified Love Letters.) The holes in our lives require energy. Everything after must be arranged around that absence, and that effort often continues the devastation. In After I’m Gone, Laura Lippman takes the disappearance of one shady businessman, Felix Brewer, and follows the repercussions on his wife, daughters, and mistress. Facing a decade of jail time, Felix had his mistress, Julie Saxony, sneak him out of town on July 4, 1976. Ten years later, almost to the day, Julie disappears […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: After I'm Gone, crime fiction, Laura Lippman, Suspense

Sara Habein's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: After I'm Gone, crime fiction, Laura Lippman, Suspense ·
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