false<![CDATA[Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, Book 1)]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173996063m/351654.jpg35165411<p> In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz's death should be just another statistic. But the slain lawyer's notoriety—and his taste for illicit midday trysts—makes the case front-page news in every local paper except the Star, which crashed and burned before Abramowitz did. </p> <p> 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 primary suspect: cuckolded fiancé Darryl "Rock" Paxton. 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. But there are lethal secrets hiding in the Charm City shadows. And Tess's own name could end up on the ever-expanding list of Baltimore dead. </p>25682742000Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, Book 1)total:557|5:55|4:211|3:230|2:54|1:7|557192476610522falsefalseWed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Sat Dec 29 19:36:24 -0800 2007Sat Dec 29 20:05:13 -0800 200722falsefalseFri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008Thu Feb 14 23:03:54 -0800 2008Thu Feb 14 23:05:03 -0800 200841falsefalseMon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun Apr 13 19:09:10 -0700 2008Mon Apr 21 01:10:56 -0700 2008 this story revolves around the death of a not-so-loved lawyer and t...more...]]>
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Baltimore Blues was an Ellen Emerson White recommendation I am extremely glad I followed up on. I got it for Christmas and saved it for the work trip to Florida I took last week. I ended up spending seven hours sitting in airports so it was a good thing I had such an engrossing read with me. Althou...more...]]>
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Laura Lippman's What the Dead Know, a most satisfying and thoughtful mystery, I tracked down more of her writing, and to my pleasure found that she has a series of mysteries set in Baltimore and centered around an ex-journalist (by layoff, not by choice), Tess Mongahan.