To the Power of Three - by Laura Lippman (Paperback)

About the Book

The friendship between Glendale High School students Josie, Perri, and Kat, inseparable since third grade, is severed forever when a tragic shooting on the last day of school leaves one of them dead, one of them with a near-fatal injury, and one not willing to tell what really happened.

Book Synopsis

"Powerful....A gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was....Brilliant, insightful, moving."
--Chicago Sun-Times

There are excellent reasons why New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman has won the Edgar(R), Agatha, Anthony, Nero Wolfe, and every other major award the mystery genre has to offer. To the Power of Three is just one of those reasons. Lippman's brilliant and disturbing tale of three inseparable high school girlfriends in an affluent Baltimore suburb who share dark secrets literally until death, To the Power of Three is this "writing powerhouse" (USA Today), who has "exploded the boundaries of the mystery genre to become one of the most significant social realists of our time" (Madison Smartt Bell) operating at the very top of her game. Not merely crime fiction, but fiction that gets to the deep psychological, emotional, and human roots of a terrible crime, Lippman's novel is one that will not be easily forgotten--a must read for fans of Kate Atkinson, Tana French, Jodi Picoult, and Harlan Coben

From the Back Cover

Josie, Perri, and Kat have been best friends since third grade--the athlete, the drama queen, and the popular beauty. Growing up in an affluent suburb of Baltimore, they enjoy privileges many teenagers are denied. But on the final day of school one of them brings a gun with her. And when the police break down the door of the high school girls' bathroom, locked from the inside, they find two of the friends wounded, one of them critically . . . and the third girl is dead.

From multiple-award winner Laura Lippman, one of the most acclaimed authors of crime fiction writing today, comes a tale of secrets, friendship, and betrayal that illuminates a dark and chilling event with clarity and empathy.

Review Quotes

"Laura Lippman is among the select group of novelists who have invigorated the crime fiction arena with smart, innovative, and exciting work. She consistently delivers the goods." - George Pelacanos
"Laura Lippman understands perfectly the power of adolescent passions and how easily they spiral out of control. Read To The Power of Three and despair of a world where guns are easier to come by than drugs." - Val McDermid
"Every Secret Thing is an American-cheeseburger version of Highsmith's bloody filet mignon, and that suited me fine." - Nick Hornby on Every Secret Thing
"Wonderfully paced, realyl well crafted....The best book of hers that I've read." - Kate Atkinson, author of Case Histories
"Lippman is a pro at finding fresh way to tell compelling stories." - Orlando Sentinel
"One of the season's most powerful new novels...a gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was. This is a brilliant, insightful, moving tale of three girls....The plot is finely tuned and suspenseful, but the real power here is in the characters." - Chicago Sun-Times
"With Every Secret Thing and now, especially, with To the Power of Three, Laura Lippman has exploded the boundaries of the mystery genre to become one of the most significant social realists of our time. Along with its riveting suspense, this new novel offers a cool, clear vision of Middle American society now, with much of its promise and most of its faults." - Madison Smart Bell