I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
William Morrow • $14.99 • ISBN 9780062070753
paperback on sale May 3, 2011 • hardcover available now
Confession: As of about four days ago, I am officially obsessed with Laura Lippman. I devoured I’d Know You Anywhere in an afternoon (confession #2: I may have picked it up because the main character and I have the same name), and now I’m reading What the Dead Know. Laura Lippman fans: What should I read next?
I’d Know You Anywhere is about a 38-year-woman, Eliza Benedict, who was kidnapped when she was 15. Her kidnapper killed a handful of other girls, and Eliza was his only victim who survived. The mystery in the novel is the “why”—why was Eliza allowed to live? The action alternates between the present, where the killer is on death row and set to be executed, and the past, when he took Eliza. In the present—seemingly out of the blue—he has contacted Eliza and wants to explain what happened. As you might imagine, his presence turns her life upside down. . .
It’s been said before and I’ll say it again: Lippman is not just a great suspense writer, but she is a great writer. When the novel first came out in August, reviewer Susan Schwartzman called it a “compelling and provocative psychological thriller.” I wanted to remind you of the novel again now because it comes out in paperback in two weeks. Here’s an excerpt to pique your interest:
Her mouth freed, she thought for a moment about screaming her head off but found she could not make the sounds come. She was too frightened, too scared. His hands lingered near her throat. She thought about the mound of dirt where she had first seen the man, working with his shovel. He had not said, explicitly, what he had done, but she knew. He was capable of killing someone. He had done it. Elizabeth decided in that moment that she would do whatever was necessary to survive. She would endure whatever plans he had for her, as long as she was allowed to live.
“What’s your name?” she whispered.
“Walter,” he said. “I think sometimes I should shorten it to Walt. What do you think?”
She was terrified that there was a right answer, and she wouldn’t give it. “Both are nice.”
What are you reading today? Are you interested in I’d Know You Anywhere? If you’ve already read it, we’d love it if you filled out a reader review on BookPage.com.
I am reading The Moment
I am reading 31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan, I’d Know You Anywhere, is on my list.
I’m reading “Butterfly’s Child” and it’s a can’t put down book. May be one of the best books I’ve read this year.
I am reading Elizabeth Noble’s “when you were mine”.
About to finish “A Visit from the Good Squad,” about to start “Emily Alone.”
Make that “Goon.”
I, just this morning, finished Tender Mercies by Mary Manners. A great read!
Here’s the back cover promo for the book:
When Lexi Taylor resorts to hosting an online aution to raise money for her fledgling youth center, the last thing she expects is to be matched for a date with Cooper Jackson. Lured by the promise of a lucrative NFL career, the hometown hero and former University of tennessee ouarterback, broke off their engagement without so much as a backward glance. Now, six years later, He’s come home to nurse an injured knee and his wounded pride-and he wants Lexi back.
But, a heartbreaking secret stands between them, and Lexi plans to keep it that way.
Can Cooper’s gentleness and renewed faith coax the secret to the surface? And if he does, will forgiveness draw them close…or will their love be shattered forever?
I highly recommend others to read this amazing, can’t put down read.
I am finally reading The Help.
I’m reading David Foster Wallace’s The Broom of the System.
Just finished The Girl Who Played with Fire. Left me exhusted !
Chose a light-hearted MC Beaton book for now,then looking for more mayhem .
I’m in the middle of “Pictures of You” by Caroline Leavitt and I have “44 Charles St” by Danielle Steel and “I’ll Walk Alone” by Mary Higgins Clark waiting for me, as well as “Left Neglected” by Lisa Genova. LOVED “Still Alive” by Lisa Genova, so eager to read this one. Good reading everyone!!
Fannie Flagg, who makes me cry every time, I Still Dream About You.
Okay, you’ve peaked my interest. I just added I’d Know You Anywhere it to my “buy” list. Thank you.
I’m reading The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison. It’s pretty good. Nice light read.
I am almost finished with ‘To Tame a Highland Warrior’ by Karen Marie Moning. Listening to ‘The Testament’ by John Grisham and ‘Rumor Has It’ by Tami Hoag. Next book to read is ‘An Affair To Remember’ by Karen Hawkins.
I just read an oldie, The Guernsey Literary Club and Potato Peel Pie Society. A great read and wonderful style of using letters to tell the story. So well done!
Almost done with this book, been a great read so far.
I am reading The Writing Circle.
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