Lady in the Lake

In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know--everyone, that is, except Madeline "Maddie" Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she's bolted from her marriage, determined to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Working at the Star 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 a city park lake. Cleo Sherwood was a young black woman who liked to have a good time. No one seems to care why she was killed except Maddie--and the dead woman herself. Maddie's going to find the truth about Cleo's life and death--even if Cleo's ghost wants her to stop her investigation before she goes too deep . . .