Laura Lippman

Butchers Hill: A Tess Monaghan Novel - Tess Monaghan Novel Laura Lippman

Brief Description: Originally published: New York: Avon Books, c1998. Publisher Marketing: No sooner has Tess Monaghan hung her p.i.-for-hire shingle outside her new office on Butchers Hill when in walks Luther Beale. The notorious vigilante who shot a boy for vandalizing his car five years ago, Luther has just gotten out of prison and wants to make amends, he says, to the kids who witnessed his crime. He needs to find them first, and that's where Tess comes in. But once she starts snooping, the witnesses start dying. Like it or not, she's gotten herself embroiled in a case that could have devastating repercussions for Tess, the city she treasures, and the young lives a corrupt system heartlessly destroys--as she follows a nasty trail of lies, money, and murder that winds from Baltimore's darkest corners all the way back to Butchers Hill. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 06/01/1998 pg. 59 (EAN 9780380798469, Mass Market Paperbound)

Contributor Bio:  Lippman, Laura Since Laura Lippman's debut in 1997, she has won multiple awards and critical acclaim for thoughtful, timely crime novels set in her beloved hometown of Baltimore. Now a perennial New York Times bestselling author, she lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her family.