Lady in the lake : a novel
(Book)

Includes author's note.

In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know -- except Madeline "Maddie" Schwartz. Last year, she was a pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life. Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl -- assistance that leads to a job at the city's afternoon newspaper, The Star. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake. No one seems to know or care why she was killed except Maddie. Maddie's going to find the truth about her life and death. The dead woman's ghost, privy to Maddie's poking and prying, wants to be left alone. But Maddie's inability to look beyond her own needs will lead to tragedy and turmoil for all sorts of people--including the man who shares her bed." --,Provided by publisher.