Skilfully plotted with an unexpected denouement

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Her storytelling improves with each book and THE LAST PLACE is her best yet... A satisfying read

CRIME TIME

A wonderful piece of engaged and engaging writing: focused, attentive, smart - [a] feast of a book

WASHINGTON POST

Se alle

The story flows easily, the dialogue is realistic and the characters sharply drawn

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Lippman is a writing powerhouse

USA TODAY

Laura Lippman continues to push the envelope of modern crime-writing

- Harlan Coben,

Confirms Lippman as one of America's most important literary voices

IRISH TIMES

Every time Laura Lippman comes out with a new book, I get chills because I know I am back in the hands of the master. She is simply a brilliant novelist, an unflinching chronicler of life in America right now

- Gillian Flynn,

Lippman has enriched literature as a whole

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

One of the most polished and consistently interesting writers of detective fiction today

THE ECONOMIST

A serial killer the police believe is dead - until he finds a new victim to stalk: PI Tess Monaghan... From the author of SUNBURN and LADY IN THE LAKE'She is simply a brilliant novelist' Gillian FlynnPrivate Investigator Tess Monaghan knows all about the darker side of human nature, not least from her days as a reporter. But she never expected to be on the receiving end of a court sentence to attend six months' counselling for Anger Management.Tess starts the counselling - but then her attention turns to a series of unsolved homicides. They appear to be overlooked cases of domestic violence. But the more Tess investigates, the more she is convinced that there is just one culprit.The Maryland State Police are sure that the serial killer Tess is now looking for is dead. So he can't be a threat. Can he? But he is very much alive and has found another victim to stalk: Tess.
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A serial killer the police believe is dead - until he finds a new victim to stalk: PI Tess Monaghan... From the author of SUNBURN and LADY IN THE LAKE'She is simply a brilliant novelist' Gillian Flynn
Skilfully plotted with an unexpected denouement
A serial killer the police believe is dead - until he finds a new victim to stalk: PI Tess Monaghan ...

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780752842592
Publisert
2003
Utgiver
Vendor
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Vekt
282 gr
Høyde
178 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

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Biographical note

Before becoming a full-time novelist, Laura Lippman was a newspaper reporter for many years. She has won just about every crime writing award going, including the Anthony Award and non genre awards for Literary Excellence. She lives in Baltimore with her partner, the writer David Simon, and their daughter.