In Big Trouble, Laura Lippman
In Big Trouble, Laura Lippman
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In Big Trouble
A Tess Monaghan Novel

Author: Laura Lippman

Narrator: Deborah Hazlett

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/1999

Synopsis

First as a reporter and then as a PI, 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.

About Laura Lippman

Laura Lippman is a New York Times bestselling novelist who has won more than twenty awards for her fiction, including the Edgar Award—and been nominated for thirty more. Since her debut in 1997, she has published almost two dozen novels, a novella, a children’s book, and a collection of short stories. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Laura lives in Baltimore with her husband, David Simon, and their daughter.

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 Judy on December 14, 2023

When I am at my reading best, I like to read 100 pages a day. When books are challenging, when life events keep me busy, I don’t make that target and feel disgruntled. At such times I turn to the mystery/crime/thriller genre and pick up books by my favorite authors of that genre. Laura Lippman is on......more

Goodreads review by Hollyhocks on December 18, 2008

Pretty good. I definitely didn't predict who did what in this book, there were so many twists and turns! The narrator - Deborah Hazlett - did a really good job especially w/ the differnet dialects. I'm bummed I started w/ the 4th book instead of the 1st but, my fault!......more

Goodreads review by JJ on February 13, 2023

Only thing wrong for me was a policeman being stabbed through his bullet-proof vest! Is that possible? Good characters,new ones and old. The Texas descriptions were entertaining too. The mystery was quite complex, and I was quite surprised at the who-done-it and the why.......more

Goodreads review by Gwen on November 02, 2014

I consider myself a bit of a Laura Lippman fan, but this was one of the weaker entries in the Tess Monaghan series so far. It lacked many of the familiar elements that made the previous three books enjoyable - the loving descriptions of Baltimore scenery and Tess's relationships with her family and......more

Goodreads review by Nina on January 18, 2016

My least favorite Lippman, so far. The mystery was fine, but the whole Crow plot was irksome, with him coming across as a spoiled, sulky 14 year old rather than a grown man. I would have left his whiny ass in San Antonio, to be honest.......more

Quotes

“Lippman’s colorful characters—especially the proprietor of Tess’ temporary no-tell motel, and homicide detective Al Guzman—add amusement to this gripping mystery.” 
Publishers Weekly

“Edgar Award-winning author Laura Lippman has created a winning character in Baltimore-based PI Tess Monaghan…Deborah Hazlett’s reading is just right for this lighthearted fare. Her rendering of Tess is upbeat, and the stereotypical Asian accent she gives to Mrs. Nguyen works for her ditzy character…Fans will appreciate Tess’ latest outing.”  AudioFile

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