The author in the novel receives a call from a woman who claims to be a character in his best selling book Dream Girl. What ensues are murder, mayhem, and red herrings that are the hallmarks of any Laura Lippman mystery including her mastery of normal characters who end up doing abnormal acts.
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This is why I don’t like mysteries: I didn’t know who my real family was until I was 71 years old I WAS the mystery!
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