Laura Lippman

Eliza Benedict's peaceful suburban life is shattered after being contacted by Walter Bowman, the man who kidnapped and held her hostage as a teen in 1985, and who now claims to want forgiveness while on death row. 150,000 first printing.

A Novel

I'd Know You Anywhere

Peggy Walker

I checked this out electronically from my local library. So cool!! This is supposedly not based on a particular case, but some similarities will be noted. The book is full of quirky, interesting characters, but they are not really developed, which is the reader's loss. One of the big questions in the book is why the 15 year-old abducted Eliza never tried to get away when she had the chance, and why she didn't try to warn away the 13 year-old Holly rather than let her abductor Walter abduct (and subsequently kill) her as well. She has been somewhat drifting through her life, although it would seem more likely that she would be wanting to have more control, one would think. It's a fairly fast and interesting read, but it could have been so much more.

Ley Stanton

this book wasn’t the fast paced thriller i had been hoping for but it was an interesting read nonetheless. definitely expect more of a character study than action. i also found the story line with trudy, a victim’s mother, to be unresolved and unfulfilling. 
i would definitely read another of her books though, her writing style is nice.

MEGHAN ABBOTT

I read this book in two days. It just captivated me! Although I wish it had been a little more disturbing/detailed/gory but I'm weird in that way. I know some people were disappointed with the ending or thought it was anticlimactic but I thought it was just right.

Deborah Baker

Great writing. The angle of the story is very unusual. Main character does not garner a lot of sympathy and can be difficult to understand but this makes the story different from most stories of this nature. Laura Lippman is an excellent writer. It is always fun to recognize the areas in her stories as they are set in the Baltimore area.

Definitely recommended. My bookclub had a lot of questions and good discussion around this book.

There was your photo, in a magazine. Of course, you are older now. Still, I'd know you anywhere. Suburban wife and mother Eliza Benedict's peaceful world falls off its axis when a letter arrives from Walter Bowman. In the summer of 1985, when Eliza was fifteen, she was kidnapped by this man and held hostage for almost six weeks. Now he's on death row in Virginia for the rape and murder of his final victim, and Eliza wants nothing to do with him. Walter, however, is unpredictable when ignored—as Eliza knows only too well—and to shelter her children from the nightmare of her past, she'll see him one last time. But Walter is after something more than forgiveness: He wants Eliza to save his life . . . and he wants her to remember the truth about that long-ago summer and release the terrible secret she's keeping buried inside.

I'd Know You Anywhere A Novel

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