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 . . .