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. 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. Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Publisher’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Book Depository And Tesss own name could end up on that ever-expanding list of Baltimore dead.Format read: ebook borrowed from the libraryįormats available: ebook, large print hardcover, paperback, mass market paperback, audiobook But there are lethal secrets hiding in the Charm City shadows. The time is ripe for a career move, so when rowing buddy Rock wants to hire her to do some unorthodox snooping to help clear his name, Tess agrees.
A former Star reporter who knows every inch of this town-from historic Fort McHenry to the crumbling projects of Cherry Hill-now-unemployed journalist Tess Monaghan also knows the guy the cops like for the killing: cuckolded fianc Darryl Rock Paxton. But the slain lawyers notoriety-and his taste for illicit midday trysts-make the case front-page news in every local paper except the Star, which crashed and burned before Abramowitz did. In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitzs death should be just another statistic. Book Synopsis Discover the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippmans outstanding Tess Monaghan series! When a former Baltimore reporter must solve the murder of a notorious attorney, she discovers Charm City is rife with dark, sordid, and dangerous secrets. But trying to prove her friends innocence could prove costly to Tess-and add her name to that infamous ever-growing list. But the slain lawyers notoriety-and his noontime trysts with Rock Paxtons fiancee-make the case front page news, and points to Rock as the likely murderer. About the Book In a city where someones murdered almost everyday, attorney Michael Abramowitzs death should be just another statistic.
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