Laura Lippman's beloved Baltimore private investigator, Tess Monaghan, has been featured in several short stories, including "Ropa Vieja", "The Shoeshine Man's Regrets", and "The Book Thing*". Another story, "The Every Day Housewife", provides the first look into the inner life of Tess's mother as a young newlywed in the 1970s. As a bonus, there is also a "profile" of Tess-bylined by former journalist Laura Lippman--that appeared in the award-winning anthology, The Line-Up. Available singly or as a collection.

The Tess Chronicles - Ropa Vieja, The Shoeshine Man's Regrets, and The Accidental Detective

Josie, Kat et Perri sont inséparables depuis ce serment qu'elles ont échangé et qui a marqué toutes leurs années à Glendale, la banlieue bourgeoise de Baltimore. Elles sont toujours restées fidèles à ce pacte indestructible qui a fait d'elles le trio le plus célèbre du lycée: l'actrice rebelle, la gymnaste et la beauté généreuse. Désormais, ce sont trois jeunes femmes, prêtes à se lancer dans la grande aventure de l'université et de la liberté. Pourtant, en ce dernier jour de classe, des coups de feu éclatent au lycée. 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. Que s'est-il passé pour qu'une telle amitié bascule ainsi dans l'horreur ? Est-ce que Josie, la moins gravement touchée, dit vraiment la vérité aux policiers ? Et n'y avait-il que trois personnes dans ces toilettes ? Le doute et la suspicion s'immiscent lentement dans les esprits et remettent tout en cause, jusqu'aux plus belles promesses du passé.

Celle qui devait mourir

Tess Monaghan has finally made the move and hung out her shingle as a p.i.-for-hire, complete with an office in Butchers Hill. Maybe it's not the best address in Baltimore, but you gotta start somewhere, and Tess's greyhound Esskay has no trouble taking marathon naps anywhere there's a roof. Then in walks Luther Beale, the notorious vigilante who five years ago shot a boy for vandalizing his car. Just out of prison, he says he wants to make reparations to the kids who witnessed his crime, so he needs Tess to find them. But once she starts snooping, the witnesses start dying. Is the "Butcher of Butchers Hill" at it again? Like it or not, Tess is embroiled in a case that encompasses the powers that-be, a heartless system that has destroyed the lives of children, and a nasty trail of money and lies leading all the way back to Butchers Hill.

Butchers Hill - A Tess Monaghan Novel

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.

The Crack Cocaine Diet

When New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan investigates five cold case murders, she doesn't expect the investigation to become personal.Tess Monaghan agrees to look into a series of unsolved homicides that date back over the past six years despite the fact that the assignment originates from a troubling source: wealthy Baltimore benefactor Luisa O'Neal, who was both instrumental in launching Tess's present career and intimately connected with the murder of Tess's former boyfriend. Apart from the suspicion that each death was the result of domestic violence, nothing else seems to connect them. Five lives-four women, one man-ended in various ways. The only thing the five cases seem to have is that they are now ice cold. Tess' search for the connecting threads takes her beyond the Charm City limits and into dangerously unfamiliar territory. With the help of a police officer obsessed with bringing a murderer down, she follows scant leads into the remotest corners of Maryland, where a psychopath can hide as easily in the fabric of a tiny, rough-hewn fishing community as in the alleys and shadows of bustling Baltimore. As she strays far from everything that's familiar and safe in her life, Tess is suddenly cast into a terrifying cat-and-mouse game with an ingenious slayer who changes identities as often and effortlessly as clothing. But at last, a single link to the murders emerges. Unfortunately, it's Tess.

The Last Place - A Tess Monaghan Novel

Ils étaient les meilleurs amis du monde. Après l'école, ils allaient jouer à Leakin Park. Dans ces bois eut lieu une rencontre qu'ils auraient préféré ne jamais faire. Trente ans plus tard, le plus fragile meurt soudainement et ils se retrouvent pour la première fois. Ils n'ont jamais parlé de ce qui s'est passé alors. Ils se sont séparés, enfuis loin les uns des autres. Le secret enfoui va-t-il resurgir ?

J'ai voulu oublier ce jour

Femme Fatale

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 ?

The Tess Chronicles - Ropa Vieja, The Shoeshine Man's Regrets, and The Accidental Detective

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