Sunburn

 In Laura Lippmann's Sunburn, this crime thriller will keep you guessing and turning every page in this cat-and-mouse caper. Polly Costello planned on heading west. She has a shady past and planned to make a clean break in Belleville, Maryland. When she works at a diner, she meets Adam Bosk, the new line cook, and things change between them. Adam's not your ordinary line cook and hides a secret when he observes Polly and becomes intimidate with her, getting closer to each other until they fall in love. As Polly plans to divorce her husband and leave her daughter in his hands, she kept her hidden past a secret until one of her co-workers learns about it and threatens to expose her. Then things heats up when there's a fire at her house and kills her instantly. Later on, as they investigate the fire, there's a brewing chemistry between Adam and Polly when they know about each other's secrets and decide what to do about it. Before they planned to make a fresh start, there's an explosive and twisted climatic ending that you wouldn't dare believe what happened next. 

This was a fantastic and compelling crime thriller from Laura Lippman. This caper had everything you wanted and then some in a classic cat-and-mouse storyline between two people who had secrets--one deadly, one not so fatal. I did care for Polly (aka Pauline) on how she wanted to live her life with total freedom and no restrictions. She had everything going right for her until she met Adam in Belleville and troubling chemistry brewed between them. No one knew what lengths she had to go through to get to this point and kept her past hidden. And Adam was a charming character who got him under her skin and fell hard for Polly, though he did what he wanted to do to be with her in the end. The small town of Belleville was charming and compelling for this mystery thriller to keep you up at night, when everyone might know more than your name. The theme is to don't get burned when you follow your heart. 

 If you love action-packed capers with tons of non-stop drama, plenty of intrigue, hints of romance, and lots of twists and turns, Sunburn is the perfect book for you.

 

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