Baltimore Blues

Baltimore Blues

by Laura Lippman (Author)

Synopsis

In trying to prove a friend's innocence PI Tess Monaghan gets more than she bargained for . . .

Until her newspaper, The Baltimore Star, crashed, Tess Monaghan was a first-rate reporter who knew her home town intimately - from historic Fort McHenry to the crumbling projects of Cherry Hill. Now gainfully unemployed at 29 she's willing to do any freelance job to pay the rent - including a bit of unorthodox snooping for her rowing buddy Darryl 'Rock' Paxton.

In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be just another statistic. But the lawyer's notoriety, and his trysts with Rock's fiancee, make the case front page news - and make Rock the chief suspect ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Published: 03 Nov 2005

ISBN 10: 075283763X
ISBN 13: 9780752837635
Book Overview: In trying to prove a friend's innocence PI Tess Monaghan gets more than she bargained for ...

Author Bio
Before becoming a full-time novelist, Laura Lippman was a newspaper reporter for many years. She has won just about every crime writing award going, including the Anthony Award and non genre awards for Literary Excellence. She lives in Baltimore with her partner, the writer David Simon, and their daughter.