The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I'm not sure what to call this book - if it were a movie it would be dramatic suspense. Four childhood friends are thrown together when the fifth crashes his car into a Jersey barrier. The friends and their parents lost touch as they grew up - and because they all share a secret. Something bad happened the night of the 1973 hurricane - and all share in the guilt.

Told in episodes from the various character's viewpoints, the angst of growing up and the difficulties of being become clear. Lippman is a great storyteller. The story is haunting and suspenseful and beautifully written.

I remember that Leakin Park featured in a previous novel, perhaps What the Dead Know.

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