After I'm Gone, (Paperback)

from Twink

I'm a long time Laura Lippman fan. My favourites are the Tess Monaghan novels, but Lippman's last few books have been stand alones. The latest is After I'm Gone. Sandy is a retired Baltimore cop, currently on contract with the BPD as a consultant, handling cold cases. When searching his files for...

from ToniFGMAMTC

This is a difficult book to review. At first I couldn't get into the storyline. It skips between so many characters and past and present times. I had trouble getting a hold on what was going on. After it caught me, it really caught me. I was so into the twisted tale of what really happened. There...

from JudithDCollins

After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman reminds me of an old black and white 50's movie with a mix of love, tragedy, gangster type, with glamour, flair, money, and betrayal, for an intriguing mystery suspense-- while curling up in a mountain rustic cabin on a chilly rainy night by a fire! A multi-generat...

from muddyboy

Laura Lippman writes quality books with the confidence of an author who is at the top of her game. This effort is a murder mystery that tells the story of the death of a girlfriend of a man (Felix) who has fled town for various illegalities. This mystery was not solved for twenty years when Sandy...

from jepeters333

When Felix Brewer meets nineteen-year-old Bambi Gottschalk in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative - if not all legal - businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But in 1976, Bambi's comfortable world implodes when Fel...