{"product_id":"9780062390004","title":"Sunburn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Entertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePopsugar \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Book of 2018.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“I feel like it creates a whole new category, which I’m thinking of as ‘femme noir [...] She’s taken this traditional noir structure of a man sweeping in to save a woman who then turns around and eats his heart out—she’s turned that notion on its head.” — \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with a superb novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals—and cold-blooded murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne is playing a long game. But which one?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey meet at a local tavern in the small town of Belleville, Delaware. Polly is set on heading west. Adam says he’s also passing through. Yet she stays and he stays—drawn to this mysterious redhead whose quiet stillness both unnerves and excites him. Over the course of a punishing summer, Polly and Adam abandon themselves to a steamy, inexorable affair. Still, each holds something back from the other—dangerous, even lethal, secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen someone dies. Was it an accident, or part of a plan? By now, Adam and Polly are so ensnared in each other’s lives and lies that neither one knows how to get away—or even if they want to. Is their love strong enough to withstand the truth, or will it ultimately destroy them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething—or someone—has to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhich one will it be?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by James M. Cain’s masterpieces \u003ci\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice, Double \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndemnity,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunburn \u003c\/i\u003eis a tantalizing modern noir from the incomparable Laura Lippman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011414409456,"sku":"9780062390004","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062390004_p0.jpg?v=1763631002","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062390004","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}