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Laura Lippman's first novel and the first Tess Monaghan mystery, published in 1997. Tess, a former newspaper reporter in Baltimore, turns investigator when a friend is accused of murder.

GenreCrime & thriller· first published 1997

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The first appearance of Tess Monaghan, a private investigator and former newspaper reporter in Baltimore.

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