Baltimore Blues (Large Print) - Hardcover

Laura Lippman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596880600 ISBN 13: 9781596880603

Publisher: The Large Print Book Company, 2005

Synopsis

Until her paper, the Baltimore Star, crashed and burned, Tess Monaghan was a damn good reporter who knew her hometown intimately. Now gainfully unemployed at twenty-nine, she s willing to take any freelance job to pay the rent including a bit of unorthodox snooping for her rowing buddy, Darryl Rock Paxton, who is a suspect in the murder of attorney Michael Abramowitz. The slain lawyer s notoriety and his noontime trysts with Rock s fiancee make the case front page news. . . and point to Rock as the likely murderer. But trying to prove her friend s innocence could prove costly to Tess and add her name to an ever-growing list of suspects.

About this title

About the Author:

New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman was a Baltimore Sun reporter for twelve years. Her novels have been awarded every major prize in crime fiction. A first-ever recipient of the Mayor's Prize for Literary Excellence, she lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

From AudioFile:

Lippman's sleuth, Tess Monaghan, has had several outings by now, but this is her first (1997). It was important to establish her character firmly and to involve her in a plot exciting enough to make readers come back for more. Deborah Hazlett backs Lippman's success vocally. She shows Tess as resourceful, emotionally steady, feisty, and clear thinking as the unemployed reporter investigates the murder of a controversial defense lawyer. Other characters, as well as the portrayal of the city of Baltimore, enrich the plot and, in most cases, the audio version. Hazlett's narration sounds a bit reportorial at times, a style that is perhaps a reflection of Tess's vocation and that of Lippman herself. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: The Large Print Book Company
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1596880600
• ISBN 13: 9781596880603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 351