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.
After her brilliant stand-alone thriller EVERY SECRET THING, Lippman returns to her series character, PI Tess Monaghan, and her home town of Baltimore.
| Primary Genre | Crime and Mystery |
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After her brilliant stand-alone thriller EVERY SECRET THING, Lippman returns to her series character, PI Tess Monaghan, and her home town of Baltimore. Natalie Rubin, middle-class Jewish wife and mother, has vanished. Worse, she has taken her three children with her.
By a Spider's Thread features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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By a Spider's Thread was written by Laura Lippman and published by Orion Publishing Co
By a Spider's Thread has 416 pages
