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Not everything is as it seems.
And I was like, well, what could possibly tie them together?
To do this, she created a fictional journalist named Maddie Schwartz.
The character (played byNatalie Portman) investigates criminal cases, several details of which Lippman has fictionalized.
She ultimately finds work at a local newspaper and begins dating a police officer named Ferdie.
Shed been missing for months, and Maddie takes on the case.
In Lippmans book, the two stories converge surprisingly.
Maddie confronts the mother of the pet-store clerk and learns that the pair worked together to kill Tessie.
The mother, Angela, stabs Maddie, who survives and is taken to a local hospital.
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While there, Maddie meets… Cleo.
The body found in the fountain was actually Cleos roommate, Latetia.
Cleo criticizes Maddie for getting involved and trying to dig up the truth and disappears from the hospital.
Maddie keeps the secret of Cleos true identity.
She and Ferdie part ways after Maddies reporting implicates Ferdie as her secret police source.
