Baltimore Blues
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- 11 uur lezen
In trying to prove a friend's innocence PI Tess Monaghan gets more than she bargained for . . . From the author of WILDE LAKE. schovat popis
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Deze serie volgt een onafhankelijke privédetective die zich een weg baant door de rauwe straten van Baltimore. Elke zaak dompelt haar dieper onder in de onderbuik van de stad, waar ze gevaarlijke criminelen confronteert en complexe complotten ontrafelt. Met scherpe instincten en een meedogenloze drang om ingewikkelde mysteries op te lossen, wordt ze een baken van gerechtigheid in een meedogenloze misdaadwereld.
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Charm City
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- 11 uur lezen
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
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Butchers Hill
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
All PI Tess Monaghan has to do is find some witnesses - that is, until the witnesses start dying . . . From the author of SUNBURN and LADY IN THE LAKEWinner of Agatha Award for Best Novel
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In Big Trouble
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- 12 uur lezen
Edgar Award-winner Laura Lippman is developing a reputation as one of the most exciting new detective fiction authors in years. Now she delivers her most suspenseful novel yet, and places Baltimore's Tess Monaghan . . . In Big Trouble. First as a reporter and then as a p.i., Tess Monaghan has learned how to survive and thrive on the streets of Baltimore. But a new case will force her to confront her own past, and a man she loved and lost. It starts when she gets a newspaper photograph of her old boyfriend with a tantalizing shard of headline attached: In Big Trouble. The answers lie far from Baltimore, deep in a world of good-time music, old-fashioned ambition, and rich people's games. For Tess must find out what happened to a man she thought she knew, to a woman who may have changed him forever, and to the victims of a killer who dances to a different—and deadly—drummer.
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A client named Ruthie -- who seems to know Tess's father a little too well -- asks the newspaperwoman-turned-p.i. to investigate a year-old "Jane Doe" murder and its grim aftermath. Ruthie's low-life brother, Henry, confessed to killing a teenager runaway over a bottle of glue -- and, a month into his prison term, he met the same fate as his victim. Following a precious few tantalizing clues, Tess sets off on a path that is leading her from Baltimore's exclusive Inner Harbor to the city's seediest neighborhoods. But it's the shocking discovery of the runaway's true identity that turns her hunt deadly. Suddenly a supposedly solved murder case is turning up newer, fresher corpses and newer, scarier versions of the Sugar House -- places that look sweet and safe...but only from the outside.
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In a Strange City
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- 14 uur lezen
Every year on Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a cloaked visitor leaves three roses and half a bottle of cognac on Poe's grave; it is a treasured tradition in Charm City, and Tess wants nothing to do with the man who wants to hire to uncover the visitors identity, but due to a bizarre series of events, Tess finds herself pulled into the case
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De laatste kogel
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In hot legal water -- and court-ordered therapy -- for having assaulted a potential child molester, Tess Monaghan is more than ready for a distraction. So she agrees to look into a series of unsolved homicides that date back over the past six years despite the fact that the assignment originates in part from a most 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. There are other troubling aspects as well. Apart from the suspicion that each death was the result of domestic violence, nothing else seems to connect them, Five lives -- those of four women and one man -- were destroyed by fire, gunshot, and hit-and-run, and all five cases have gone ice cold. Though Luisa's nonprofit organization hires Tess simply to review old police documents for inconsistencies and investigative blunders, curiosity is soon leading the P.I. off the paper trail. And it just may get her killed. Tess's search for 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 and intuition 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. Straying 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. Because a single common link to five senseless murders is beginning to emerge with shocking clarity to tie the loose ends together into one bloody knot...and the link is Tess Monaghan herself.
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Op de vlucht
Een ingewikkeld web van wraak en verraad zet drie onschuldige levens op het spel
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- 12 uur lezen
...De kofferbak was groter dan Isaäk had verwacht, en hij was ook niet zo bang als hij had gedacht. Het was erg jammer dat het zo’n oude auto was. Een nieuwere, zoals die van zijn vader, zou misschien een lampje hebben, of zelfs een manier om de klep van binnenuit open te maken... Uit ervaring weet privé-detective Tess Monaghan dat haar klanten niet zelden oneerlijk of onbetrouwbaar zijn. Wanneer modelvader Mark Rubin haar hulp inschakelt bij de plotselinge verdwijning van zijn vrouw Natalie en hun drie jonge kinderen komt Tess dan ook voor een dilemma te staan. Moet ze Rubin op zijn woord geloven wanneer hij haar vertelt dat hun leven op alle vlakken perfect en smetteloos was? Waarom verliet Natalie dan van het ene op het andere moment haar prachtige huis en vertrouwde omgeving? Tess komt erachter dat Natalie kriskras het land doorreist met een onbekende en gewelddadige man. Een nieuw mysterie vraagt om haar eigenzinnige aanpak...
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No Good Deeds
- 352bladzijden
- 13 uur lezen
Would you sacrifice your life for the life of another? For someone you love?From the bestselling author of SUNBURNWinner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel
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Another Thing to Fall
- 450bladzijden
- 16 uur lezen
Tess Monaghan, a private investigator, unexpectedly becomes a bodyguard for a young actress amidst unsettling events on a TV series set in Baltimore. Tasked with protecting the spoiled star, Tess grapples with her own challenges while navigating a murder investigation that unveils hidden secrets. As the situation escalates, Tess must confront the potential devastation to her community and the lives of those she cares about, all while managing the chaos of the film crew's drama.
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The Girl in the Green Raincoat LP
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- 7 uur lezen
Tess Monaghan, a private investigator in her third trimester, finds herself confined to her home and observing her surroundings. Her boredom turns into concern when a regular dog walker suddenly disappears, prompting her to investigate from her bedroom. As she delves into the mystery, Tess uncovers a web of past crimes and dangers that threaten not only her life but also that of her unborn child. This gripping tale intertwines themes of motherhood, curiosity, and the risks of uncovering hidden truths.
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Hush Hush
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- 15 uur lezen
New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman returns to one of American fiction's most memorable Private Investigators in a devastatingly powerful mystery.
