Laura Lippman




Laura Lippman

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January 01, 1959

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Atlanta, GA, The United States

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Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working fulltime and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Her work has been awarded the Edgar ®, the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Nero Wolfe, Gumshoe and Barry awards. She also has been nominated for other prizes in the crime fiction field, including the Hammett and the Macavity. She was the first-ever recipient of the Mayor’s Prize for Literary Excellence and the first genre writer recognized as Author of the Year by the Maryland Library Association.

Ms. Lippman grew up in Baltimore and attended city schools through ninth grade....more




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What the Dead Know: A Novel What the Dead Know: A Novel
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.52 — 2,055 ratings — published 1986
11 editions
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Baltimore Blues Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, Book 1)
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.46 — 498 ratings — published 2000
11 editions
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Every Secret Thing Every Secret Thing
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.53 — 476 ratings — published 2003
8 editions
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To the Power of Three To the Power of Three
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.58 — 424 ratings — published 2005
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Life Sentences Life Sentences
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.13 — 471 ratings — published 2009
8 editions
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Charm City Charm City (Tess Monaghan, Book 2)
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.52 — 372 ratings — published 1997
6 editions
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Another Thing to Fall Another Thing to Fall (Tess Monaghan, Book 10)
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.37 — 385 ratings — published 2008
6 editions
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By a Spider's Thread By a Spider's Thread (Tess Monaghan, Book 8)
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.59 — 303 ratings — published 2004
11 editions
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No Good Deeds No Good Deeds (Tess Monaghan, Book 9)
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.62 — 294 ratings — published 2007
5 editions
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Butchers Hill Butchers Hill (Tess Monaghan, Book 3)
by Laura Lippman
avg rating 3.69 — 284 ratings — published 2001
10 editions
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"Sometimes you have to destroy things, even people, in order to save them. (7)"
Laura Lippman (To the Power of Three)
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""I would prefer," Pat said, his voice a little stiff, as if he expected resistance, "that I be the cosigner on the loan, if you go through with this. I know I'm not a famous billionaire, but I think my credit's just as good."
"No, you're wrong about that," Tess said, shaking her head.
"What?"
"As far as I'm concerned, it's better. I'd much rather do business with you."
They shook on it. It was a deal, after all, not a time for hugging.
Favors, Arnie Vasso had once said. Your father knows all about favors. He had meant it as an insult, a sly reference to the corners the Monaghans and Weinsteins cut here and there. Now Tess saw it for the simple truth it was: Her father understood favors. How to do them, how to accept them, how to walk away when the price was too steep. It was a lesson she wouldn't mind learning someday.
Maybe this was the place to start."
Laura Lippman
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