Take A Break With Lady In The Lake

By Sheilah Kast,

Published April 6, 2020 at 11:49 AM EDT

A short virtual escape now from pandemic pains -- listening again to Laura Lippman discuss her latest mystery, 'Lady in the Lake,' set in Baltimore in the 1960s. The first character we meet speaks from beyond the grave … apparently the victim of murder. She talks directly and disdainfully to the main character, Maddie Schwartz, who is transforming herself from conventional housewife to aspiring reporter. Other characters tell us bits of their own stories--and Lippman notes they understand what the ambitious Maddie doesn’t.

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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