This was pretty good! I read and lived Dream Girl a year or so ago – it out her on my used bookstore list. Then I learned she was married to David Simon until recently, and authors in his orbit tend to be right in my sweet spot.

This is that. If you like these kinds of books then you will like this one. It’s more paint-by-numbers than Dream Girl, you can feel she hasn’t really fully found her voice yet (and references the show Homicide several times, which made me chuckle), but it’s a fast and entertaining read.

Also, Lippman’s substack is a pretty good read.