In the opening pages of Sunburn by Laura Lippman, an irresistibly noirish world opens.
Polly is a newly sunburned redhead, perched on a bar stool in an American town “where strangers seldom stop on a Sunday evening”. Adam, across the bar, is also new to the area, a blandly handsome fellow who “prefers his women thin and a little skittish”.
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