A Tess Monaghan investigation, the eighth so lots to catch up on if you’re new to this lady. They are thoughtful American crime tales set in Baltimore, atmospheric and nicely compulsive, but it’s the human drama that really stands out here. She’s good.
Comparison: Meg Gardiner, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton.
Similar this month: Robert Goddard, Harlan Coben.
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Meet Tess Monaghan - ex-Baltimore Star reporter and accidental PI - as she investigates cases of murder, corruption and injustice in Charm City . . .P. I. Tess Monaghan breaks her 'no domestic disputes' rule when she takes on the case of Natalie Rubin, a middle-class wife and mother of three, who has vanished without trace and taken her young children with her. Her husband, Mark, is devastated - he thought they were happy - but Tess is left uneasy by his evident desire to control his wife. Was that the reason that she fled? In her search for Natalie and her children, Tess uncovers explosive secrets that the family has been hiding and the question remains, how far would they go to keep their secrets hidden forever? '[A] cracking good read.' Sunday Independent'Curl up with this gripping thriller.' Woman's Own
By a Spider's Thread features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
By a Spider's Thread is available in Ebook, Paperback
By a Spider's Thread was written by Laura Lippman and published by Faber & Faber
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