Years ago, they were all the best of friends.
Rich in the compassion and insight into flawed human nature that has become a Lippman trademark while telling an absolutely gripping story, The Most Dangerous Thing will not be confined by genre restrictions, reaching out instead to captive a wide, diverse audience, from Harlan Coben and Kate Atkinson fans to readers of Jodi Picoult and Kathryn Stockett..
Set once again in the well-wrought environs of Lippman\'s beloved Baltimore, it is the shadowy tale of a group of onetime friends forced to confront a dark past they\'ve each tried to bury following the death of one of their number.
With The Most Dangerous Thing , the multiple award winning author--recipient of the Anthony, Edgar(R), Shamus, and Agatha Awards, to name but a few--once again demonstrates how storytelling is done to perfection. series and her New York Times bestselling standalone novels ( What the Dead Know, Life Sentences, I\'d Know You Anywhere, etc.). -- Chicago Sun-Times One of the Most acclaimed novelists in America today, Laura Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of mystery fiction and psychological suspense with her Tess Monaghan p.i. -- Washington Post Lippman has enriched literature as a whole.
Could their long-ago lie be the reason for their troubles today? One of the best novelists around, period.
But as time passed, they grew apart, and began to forget about the past--and the terrible lie they all shared.
Years ago, they were all the best of friends
