And When She Was Good

<p>Already praised as a writing powerhouse (<em>USA Today</em>) and among the select group of novelists who have invigorated the crime fiction arena with smart innovative and exciting work (George Pelecanos) <em>New York Times</em> bestseller Laura Lippman is constantly sending reviewers back to their thesauruses in search of new and greater accolades.</p><p>Her brilliant stand-alone novel <em>And When She Was Good</em> only reinforces the fact that she stands tall among today's bestselling elite--including Kate Atkinson Tana French Jodi Picoult and Harlan Coben (who raves I love her books!) Based on her acclaimed multi-award-nominated short story Scratch a Woman <em>And When She Was Good</em> is the powerfully gripping intensely emotional story of a suburban madam a convicted murderer whose sentence is about to be overturned and the child they will both do anything to keep.</p><p>Lippman has already won virtually every prize the mystery genre has to offer--the Edgar(R) Anthony Agatha and Nero Wolfe Awards to name but a few. They'll now have to invent a few new awards just to keep up with her.</p>