· Stepping away from her acclaimed, award-winning mystery series featuring Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan, author Laura Lippman has delivered a novel of psychological suspense that will shock and mesmerize readers, gripping them to the page while breaking their hearts. The tale of a terrible event that devastates three families, after two young girls discovery of an /5(10K). Goodreads Book Description- One of the most acclaimed novelists in America today, Laura Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of mystery fiction and psychological suspense. Set once again in the well-wrought environs of Lippman's beloved Baltimore, it is the shadowy tale of a group of onetime friends forced to confront a dark past they've each tried to bury following the death of one of their number/5(). This is a short story. It features Laura Lippman's prime character, the lady PI. The story highlights on of Baltimore's unique establishments. The Book Thing actually exists. It is located at Vineyard Lane, Baltimore, MD, and is open from 9 AM till 6 PM Saturday and Sundays. All and all, a very good story/5(67).
Baltimore Blues, , Tess Monaghan #1 Charm City, , Tess Monaghan #2 Butchers Hill, , Tess Monaghan #3 In Big Trouble, , Tess Monaghan #4 The Sugar House, , Tess Monaghan #5 In a Strange City, , Tess Monaghan #6 The Last Place, , Tess Monaghan #7 Every Secret Thing, , stand-alone By A Spider's Thread, , Tess Monaghan #8 To The Power of Three, , stand. Laura Lippman (b. ) is an author of detective fiction. Born in Atlanta, she was raised in Baltimore. Her father was a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, and Lippman followed in his footsteps, working at the paper until She used her journalistic experience as a foundation for her first novel, Baltimore Blues (), which introduced her longtime series character, Tess Monaghan, a reporter. Laura Lippman - The Book Thing. Numbered - $ Paperback - $ Lettered - $ Tess Monaghan's favorite children's bookshop seems like an enchanted place out of a fairy tale where she hopes her daughter, Carla Scout, will one day escape into the world of C.S. Lewis and Dr. Seuss while curled up in a brightly painted rocker.
This is a short story. It features Laura Lippman's prime character, the lady PI. The story highlights on of Baltimore's unique establishments. The Book Thing actually exists. It is located at Vineyard Lane, Baltimore, MD, and is open from 9 AM till 6 PM Saturday and Sundays. All and all, a very good story. From critically acclaimed, multiple-award winner Laura Lippman comes a riveting story of love and murder, guilt and innocence. Two little girls banished from a neighborhood birthday party find an abandoned stroller with an infant inside on an unfamiliar Baltimore street. Excellent novella featuring Tess Monahan and her 2-year old, Carla Scout. Tess is trying to support a local children's book store (fictional). She discovers the owner is suffering from abnormal shrinkage and volunteers her services. Lippman incorporates a real place into her story, Book Thing, where books are actually given away.
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