Lippman is a writing powerhouse

USA TODAY

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,

A force to be reckoned with in crime fiction

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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Laura Lippman is among the select group of novelists who have invigorated the crime fiction arena with smart, innovative, and exciting work

- George Pelecanos,

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

- Harlan Coben,

[Lippman] only seems to be getting better

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

One of the best novelists around, period

WASHINGTON POST

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

THE ECONOMIST

It's murder in Baltimore these days - and Tess herself might be next on the list . . . From the author of LADY IN THE LAKE and SUNBURNWinner of Edgar Award and Shamus AwardAs a practised reporter until her newspaper went to that great pressroom in the sky, PI Tess Monaghan knows and loves every inch of her native Baltimore. 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 exposé of his lurid past appears on the front page of the BALTIMORE BEACON-LIGHT. It's a surprise even to the newspaper's editors, who thought they'd killed the piece. Instead, the piece killed Wink, who's found in his garage with the car running. Tess is hired to find the unknown computer hacker who planted the lethal story - but it doesn't take long for her to discover deeper, darker secrets...
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It's murder in Baltimore these days - and Tess herself might be next on the list . . . From the author of LADY IN THE LAKE and SUNBURNWinner of Edgar Award and Shamus Award
It's murder in Baltimore these days - and Tess herself might be next on the list ...

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780752843612
Publisert
2001
Utgiver
Vendor
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Vekt
200 gr
Høyde
176 mm
Bredde
110 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

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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.