A trade paperback collection of 16 short stories, some new, some published before, all together for the first time, featuring Tess Monaghan, New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lippman's acclaimed private eye For the first time together in one collection is a mix of brand new Tess Monaghan short mysteries as well as previously published, award-winning short stories. Split into three parts-Girls Gone Wild (seven stories about girls behaving badly); Other Cities, Not My Own (four stories about places outside of Baltimore); My Baby Walks the Streets of Baltimore (four stories and a profile)-the inimitable Tess Monaghan, along with some old friends and new faces, is back solving crime.

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Men in Laura Lippman's haunting and suspenseful stories can be terrified witnesses, unwitting victims, or bemused perpetrators. In "Pony Girl and Black-Eyed Susan", young African-American men find themselves bystanders to horrific crimes central to local celebrations. In "What He Needed", a happily married magazine editor recounts the end of her marriage to a depressed, possibly dangerous husband. "A Good Fuck Spoiled" reveals a man terrified by a mistress he never meant to have. And in "Easy as A-B-C", a Baltimore contractor offers a new spin on Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart when he falls for a client who hires him to build a wine cellar in her basement. Available singly or as a collection.

The Weaker Sex - Pony Girl, Black-Eyed Susan, What He Needed, A Good Fuck Spoiled, Easy as A-B-C

Nine deliciously dark, funny and twisted short stories from one of America's top crime writers.

 EXCLUSIVE EBOOK EDITION ALSO INCLUDES A FREE EXTRACT FROM LAURA'S FORTHCOMING NOVEL THE INNOCENTS.

 If you haven't discovered Laura Lippman yet, delve into these nine ingenious tales and read an exclusive extract from Laura's latest novel The Innocents.

 Within this collection, Laura Lippman takes us from Dublin in 'Honor Bar' to Washington D. C. in 'ARM and the Woman' and to New Orleans in 'Pony Girl.' Other higlights include a rare interview with Tess (of Laura' popular Tess Monaghan series) in 'The Accidental Detective.'

 Sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous and always filled with shocking twists and turns, expect the unexpected.

 If you enjoy this collection, why not try 'Femme Fatale and other stories'. Also available now as an exclusive ebook short story collection.

The Accidental Detective and other stories - Short Story Collection

Au coeur des Etats-Unis, au lycée de Glendale, Josie, Perri et Kat nouent une amitié quasi fusionnelle. L'athlète, l'actrice rebelle et la beauté fatale deviennent bientôt le trio le plus célèbre du lycée. Mais le dernier jour de classe, des coups de feu éclatent. Et quand la police force la porte des toilettes, Perri et Josie baignent dans leur sang tandis que Kat est étendue plus loin, morte d'une balle en pleine poitrine. Qu'a-t-il bien pu se passer pour qu'une telle amitié bascule ainsi dans l'horreur ?

Celle qui devait mourir

Hardly Knew Her

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 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. 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. 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. 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.

Charm City - A Tess Monaghan Novel

Un beau brun mystérieux fait escale dans le bar d'un minuscule bled du Delaware. Il est aussitôt séduit par une rousse dont le corps incendiaire contraste avec l'attitude glaciale. Comme dans le classique du genre «Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois», ils s'attirent et se repoussent tels des aimants, sous l'oeil placide de deux habitués et le regard jaloux de la serveuse. Mais sur ce canevas éprouvé, Laura Lippman joue bientôt sa propre partition.
De dialogues nerveux en retournements stupéfiants, elle alterne les histoires que chacun se raconte pour explorer un jeu de masques, toujours sur le point de virer au jeu de massacre, s'il n'y avait le coeur brûlant du récit, qui ne cesse de muter : le désir. Celui de deux êtres en rupture de ban le temps d'un été qui pourrait être le dernier, celui d'une héroïne qui change de vie, d'identité et de mari comme de couleur de cheveux, et qui décide de prendre en main son destin, en se heurtant à tous ces impossibles qui jalonnent les love stories réussies. Et font les plus grands romans noirs.

Corps inflammables

Un beau brun fait escale dans le bar d'un minuscule bled du Delaware. Il est aussitôt séduit par une rousse dont le corps incendiaire contraste avec l'attitude glaciale. Les deux héros, surgis d'on ne sait où, s'attirent et se repoussent comme deux aimants. Pourquoi jouent-ils ainsi au chat et à la souris, sous l'oeil placide de deux habitués du bar et le regard jaloux de la serveuse ? Avec ce vingt-troisième roman, Laura Lippman reprend des marqueurs du noir classique (l'inconnue sexy qui débarque en ville, le privé bien de sa personne, la fraude à l'assurance, le sexe torride et l'été meurtrier) dans une intrigue résolument moderne. Elle signe un thriller ramassé et inlâchable.

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