Baltimore Blues, Laura Lippman
Baltimore Blues, Laura Lippman
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Baltimore Blues
The First Tess Monaghan Novel

Author: Laura Lippman

Narrator: Deborah Hazlett

Unabridged: 14 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2006

Synopsis

In a city where someone is murdered almost every day, attorney Michael Abramowitz’s death should be just another statistic. But the slain lawyer’s notoriety—and his taste for illicit midday trysts—make the case front-page news in every local paper except the Star, which crashed and burned before Abramowitz did. A former Star reporter who knows every inch of this town—from historic Fort McHenry to the crumbling projects of Cherry Hill—now-unemployed journalist Tess Monaghan also knows the guy the cops like for the killing: cuckolded fiance Darryl “Rock” Paxton. The time is ripe for a career move—anything to pay the rent—so when rowing buddy Rock wants to hire her to do some unorthodox snooping to help clear his name, Tess agrees. But there are lethal secrets hiding in the Charm City shadows, and Tess’ own name could end up on that ever-expanding list of Baltimore dead.

About Laura Lippman

Since Laura Lippman’s debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the “essential” crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her “special, even extraordinary,” and Gillian Flynn wrote, “She is simply a brilliant novelist.” Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.

About Deborah Hazlett

Deborah Hazlett’s audiobook narrations include Phillip Margolin’s Lost Lake and Laura Lippman’s Baltimore Blues. She is a classically trained actor whose favorite roles include the title roles in Hedda Gabler and Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. She earned her MFA from the University of South Carolina and lives and works in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 28, 2021

This is the first book in Laura Lippmann's popular 'Tess Monaghan' private investigator series. Twentysomething Baltimore resident Tess Monaghan was a journalist until her newspaper the 'Baltimore Star' folded. Now Tess works part-time in her Aunt Kitty's bookstore and puts in a few hours a week in......more

Goodreads review by Darla on June 22, 2024

Four star spangled stars! (See below.) I have been intending to try this series after reading a short story featuring Tess Monaghan in Seasonal Work: Stories. When I still needed to check off a book set in Maryland for a Spring reading challenge, I queued up this audiobook on a road trip. Here are f......more

Goodreads review by Ellis on January 27, 2015

This book certainly can't help that it was written almost 20 years ago & is therefore dated in ways both charming - "Tess looked over his shoulder, enthralled. Electronic data bases were new to her" and irritating - Tess's insistence that the female members of the Victims of Male Aggression group ha......more

Goodreads review by Howard on April 16, 2023

3.5 Stars for Baltimore Blues, Book 1 (audiobook) by Laura Lippman read by Deborah Hazlett. This was a interesting start to a new series. Former Star Newspaper reporter Tess Monaghan is persuaded to do some private investigating and she ends up uncovering layers of murders and coverups.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 27, 2021

This was a good mystery. I wasn’t sure I liked Tess that much at first but she grew on me by the end. And damn did she get herself into some situations! Of course she was always jumping into things with both feet no matter how many warnings she had not to do certain things. But I still kind of liked......more

Quotes

“Deborah Hazlett backs Lippman’s success vocally. She shows Tess as resourceful, emotionally steady, feisty, and clear thinking as the unemployed reporter investigates the murder of a controversial defense lawyer. Other characters, as well as the portrayal of the city of Baltimore, enrich the plot and, in most cases, the audio version.” AudioFile

“Laura Lippman deserves to be a big star.” Julie Smith, author of House of Blues

Awards

  • USA Today bestseller
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