When Julie disappears ten years to the day after Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes she's left to join her old lover-until her remains are discovered in a secluded park. Though Bambi has no idea where her husband-or his money-might be, she suspects one woman does: his devoted young mistress, Julie. But in 1976, Bambi's comfortable world implodes when Felix, facing prison, vanishes. Thanks to his lucrative-if not all legal-businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. Somewhere between the secrets and lies connecting past and present, Sandy could find the explosive truth.When Felix Brewer meets nineteen-year-old Bernadette "Bambi" Gottschalk in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps.
And at the center of every woman's story is the man who, though long gone, has never been forgotten: the enigmatic Felix Brewer. What he discovers is a tangled web of bitterness, jealously, resentment and greed stretching over the three decades and three generations that connect these five very different women.
Now, twenty-six years after Julie went missing, Roberto 'Sandy' Sanchez, a retired Baltimore detective working cold cases for some extra cash, is investigating her murder. When Julie herself disappears ten years to the day that Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes she's left to join her -old lover - until her remains are found in a secluded wooded park. Though Bambi has no idea where her husband - or his money - might be, she suspects one woman does: his devoted young mistress, Julie. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi's world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes. Thanks to his lucrative if not always legal businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. When Felix Brewer meets nineteen-year-old Bernadette 'Bambi' Gottschalk at a Valentine's Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. New York Times best seller Laura Lippman returns with a classic story of murder and mystery, in which one man's disappearance echoes through the lives of his wife, daughters - and mistress.
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