I hope you're feeling better soon, Becke.
I really loved LADY IN THE LAKE. Laura Lippman is such an intelligent writer, I find myself thinking of her books for months (or years) after reading them.
This quote from Lippman about her main character was interesting. Her LADY IN THE LAKE was inspired by two deaths in 1960s Baltimore.
"There is a lot of ethical turmoil about being someone who writes books inspired by real-life crimes, real-life tragedies. And I like to think that I'm a little more introspective about it than Maddie, that I'm trying to be as ethical as I can, that I'm trying to do the right thing. But that doesn't necessarily make it so, does it?"