TESS MONAGHAN - Tess, like her creator Laura Lippman, started off as a journalist in Baltimore, before their career paths diverged and she became a private eye. A modern heroine, with guts and a strong sense of social compassion, she has appeared in 12 novels to date; ANOTHER THINGS TO FALL sees Tess detecting on the set of a TV series, a milieu Lippman knows well as her husband David Simon is the man behind THE WIRE.
Tess Monaghan series:
1. Baltimore Blues
2. Charm City
3. Butchers Hill
4. In Big Trouble
5. The Sugar House
6. In A Strange City
7. The Last Place
8. By a Spider's Thread
9. No Good Deeds
10. Another Thing to Fall
When private eye Tess Monaghan finds herself literally on a collision course with the makers of a TV series being shot in her native Baltimore, it's not only her introduction to the surreal world of television drama, but also the beginning of a case that only a crazed scriptwriter could have dreamed up for her.
Selene Waites, the glamorous but brittle young star of the show, has been the victim of a twisted stalker, and executive producer thinks Tess would be just the person to bodyguard her during filming. At first, Selene seems like a spoiled kook out of central casting and the babysitting job a PR sham, but as Tess gets sucked deeper into the show's labyrinthine web of deceptions and betrayals, she soon finds she's unwittingly become the main feature in a storyline featuring murder, kidnapping and sickening obsession...
'A gripping tale all about the sordid world of TV drama' BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
ISBN: 9780752884158
Publication date: 09/07/2009
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback
| ISBN: | 9780752884158 |
| Publication date: | 9th July 2009 |
| Author: | Laura Lippman |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: | Crime / Mystery, eBook Favourites, Thriller / Suspense, |
| Categories: | Crime & mystery, |
Laura Lippman has been awarded every major prize in crime fiction. Since the publication of What the Dead Know, each of her hardcovers has hit the New York Times bestseller list. A recent recipient of the first-ever Mayor's Prize, she lives in Baltimore, New Orleans and New York City with her family. Author photo © Jan Cobb Maxim Jakubowski's view on TESS MONAGHAN... Tess, like her creator Laura Lippman, started off as a journalist in Baltimore, before their career paths diverged and she became a private eye. A modern heroine, with guts and a strong sense of social compassion, she ...
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