The Last Place

This was probably my favorite book in the series so far. I've always treated these as rather light mysteries but this one was far darker than others and had a really unusual story line. It's definitely one you need to read after you've read the first two or three because it follows up on an earlier......more

I absolutely loved the What the Dead Know, which is the only reason that I became interested in Laura Lippman to begin with. I found this book to be really disappointing. I really didn't care for the main character, Tess, either. The only mystery in this book is if the reader is going to make it to......more

I guess this was more coherent than the last one, but it made the fatal mistake of making the hero of the series the target of the serial killer. Yawn. Really? I like Tess and everything, but I just don't buy her as the centre of anyone's universe and certainly not this meticulous planner of terribl......more

The audiobook narrated by Barbara Rosenblatt is so engrossing. Only Tess Monaghan would drive from Pikesville to Jimmy Canter's in Annapolis on a spring day for lunch. Oh wait, I would totally do that. Probably part of why I love this series. Now I gotta figure out if Notting Island has been eaten b......more