Jennifer's review
No Good Deeds (Tess Monaghan, Book 9)
by Laura Lippman
Jennifer's review
No Good Deeds (Tess Monaghan, Book 9) by Laura Lippman
Jennifer's review
rating:
I think Laura Lippmann is overrated. Her writing can be clunky. In this book, which contrasts well-meaning white characters with a young man who is African-American and in trouble with the law, the clunkiness is front and center. Her characters sometimes seem made up of quirks and tics. Even the rescued grayhound has an extensive backstory and is named after a long-defunct commercial of local interest. The main character's romantic interest is a cipher, personality-wise, I think unintentionally.
Yet I own all of Lippmann's Tess Monaghan mysteries. Yes, Tess is a female PI. And by gum, beneath the quirks she's genuinely tough, and vulnerable, and a character to enjoy reading in any genre. Plus these books are set in Baltimore, one of my favorite cities, so I have the surreptitious thrill of recognizing locales.
Yet I own all of Lippmann's Tess Monaghan mysteries. Yes, Tess is a female PI. And by gum, beneath the quirks she's genuinely tough, and vulnerable, and a character to enjoy reading in any genre. Plus these books are set in Baltimore, one of my favorite cities, so I have the surreptitious thrill of recognizing locales.
