Laura Lippman understands perfectly the power of adolescent passions and how easily they spiral out of control. Read THE POWER OF THREE and despair of a world where guns are easier to come by than drugsLaura Lippman has produced a vivid portrait of a little piece of middle America, a thoughtful and sensitive novel which makes disquieting reading - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHWonderfully paced, really well crafted ...The best book of hers that I've readA searching look at the implosion of the American dream into every parent's worst nightmare - KIRKUSLippman is among that select group of novelists who have reinvigorated the crime fiction arena with her smart, innovative and exciting workThis is an outstanding example of writing that successfully combines suspense with acute insight into the dark recesses of human nature - GUARDIANLippman is often compared to such writers as the glorious Anne Tyler and the impeccable James M. Cain. Indeed, her writing is a heady concoction of similar skills - DAILY MAIL