Sunburn: Laura Lippman's Latest

By Sheilah Kast,

Melissa Gerr

Published February 20, 2018 at 10:34 AM EST

In the first few pages of Sunburn, we learn that its main character has walked out on her family--just left her husband and young daughter on a Delaware beach, and hitchhiked west. As the tale unfolds, we’re treated to the tropes of film noir--slick dialogue as the protagonists circle each other in a mix of distrust and desperate infatuation. We talk to Laura Lippman about the inspirations behind her latest mystery.

Laura Lippman will be reading at the following venues:

Politics and Prose, Washington, D.C. Feb. 22

Mystery Loves Company Luncheon, Oxford, MD Feb. 23

Ivy Bookshop, Baltimore, Feb. 23

A Likely Story, Sykesville, MD, Mar. 1

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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