false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg 474397 7 <p>As a practiced reporter until her newspaper went to that great pressroom in the sky, P.I. Tess Monaghan knows and loves every inch of her native Baltimore, even the parts being slobbered on by the sad-sack greyhound she's minding for her uncle. It's a quirky city where baseball reigns, but lately homicide seems to be the second most popular local sport. Business tycoon "Wink" Wynkowski is trying to change all that by bringing pro basketball back to town, and everybody's rooting fro him -- until a devastating, muckraking expose of his lurid past appears on the front page of the Baltimore Beacon-Light. It's a <p>surprise even to the Blight's editors, who thought they'd killed the piece. Instead, the piece killed Wink -- who's found in his garage with the car running.</p> <p>Now the Blight wants to nail the unknown computer hacker who planted the lethal story, and the assignment is right up the alley of a former newshound like Tess. But it doesn't take long for her to discover deeper, darker secrets, and to realize that this situation is really more about whacking than hacking. It's just murder in Baltimore these days -- and Tess Monaghan herself might be next on the list.</p> <p>As a practiced reporter until her newspaper went to that great pressroom in the sky, P.I. Tess Monaghan knows and loves every inch of her native Baltimore, even the parts being slobbered on by the sad-sack greyhound she's minding for her uncle. It's a quirky city where baseball reigns, but lately homicide seems to be the second most popular local sport. Business tycoon "Wink" Wynkowski is trying to change all that by bringing pro basketball back to town, and everybody's rooting for him -- until a devastating, muckraking expose of his lurid past appears on the front page of the Baltimore Beacon-Light. It's a surprise even to the Blight's editors, who thought they'd killed the piece. Instead, the piece killed Wink -- who's found in his garage with the car running.</p> <p>Now the Blight wants to nail the unknown computer hacker who planted the lethal story, and the assignment is right up the alley of a former newshound like Tess. But it doesn't take long for her to discover deeper, darker secrets, and to realize that this situation is really more about whacking than hacking. It's just murder in Baltimore these days -- and Tess Monaghan herself might be next on the list.</p> 462648 1 10 1997 Charm City (Tess Monaghan, Book 2) total:399|5:46|4:150|3:179|2:19|1:5| 399 1410 527 48 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 1 0 false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:28:04 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:52:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 2 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 06:30:17 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 06:32:40 -0800 2009 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 10:13:56 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:16:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 3 0 false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:24:05 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:56:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 5 0 false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 01:13:11 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 06:10:15 -0700 2008
what i do know, i think, is what i love most about lippman's series - this isn't just a thriller with serial characters. this is a novel that happens to have a wicked twisting plot inside it. never, really, do i feel like the cha...more...]]> 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 3 0 false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 12:10:35 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 12:10:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 16:54:57 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 14:21:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2600060 006121003X 9780061210037 5 2 3.53 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2600060.Charm_City_A_Tess_Monaghan_Novel 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 10:00:38 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 10:01:51 -0800 2008 Charm City picks up a few months after the events of Baltimore Blues. Tess is still living above her Aunt Kitty's bookshop, and the endearing musician/bookseller Crow seems to have worn down some of Tess' reservations about a possible relationship. She's even relented enough to accept a job as an a...more...]]> 474397 0380788764 9780380788767 386 44 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175053832m/474397.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474397.Charm_City 4 0 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:43:04 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:45:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 730934 0752843613 9780752843612 6 2 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177773732m/730934.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/730934.Charm_City 3 0 false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:01:53 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:29:52 -0700 2009
Charm City is another bag of chips, but an enjoyable one. Sometimes I just want to speed through a book for the sheer enjoyment of finishing something.
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