USA Fiction Challenge: State of Maryland
Baltimore Blues
by Laura Lippman
Until her paper, the BALTIMORE STAR, crashed and burned, Tess
Monaghan was a damn good reporter who knew her hometown intimately, from
historic Fort McHenry to the crumbling projects of Cherry Hill. Now
gainfully unemployed at twenty-nine, she is willing to take 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 everyday, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be
just another statistic. But the slain lawyer's notoriety, and his
noontime trysts with Rock's fiancee, make the case front page news. And
points to Rock as the likely murderer. But trying to prove her friend's
innocence couls prove costly to Tess and add her name to that infamous
ever-growing list.
Printing History
Written by Laura Lippman (1959- )
HarperCollins
July 2006
ISBN 061 19362
William Morrow
December 2006
ISBN 061 21002
Avon Books
February 1997
ISBN 380 78875
Solid start to this series, I thought.
ReplyDeleteI have read this one but have not moved on to Charm City or Butcher's Hill. Will have to read another Baltimore book soon.
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