Charm City:
A Tess Monaghan Novel #2
by Laura Lippman
Charm City, also known as Baltimore, is the setting for another installment of the reporter-turned-private
eye Tess Monaghan series. Tess is hired to investigate how a story that wasn’t supposed to run made it to the
front page of the local newspaper anyway. The paper is worried about lawsuits and the affect the story will have
on the man who was trying to bring a pro basketball team to the city. As the story breaks, and the media fury
multiplies, they delve into Wink Wynkowkis’s personal life. Wink commits suicide, leaving the paper with a mess
on its hands.
Tess has to deal with people who are less than likable at the paper and who feel she’s an intruder. Her family
is up to its neck in its own problems when her Uncle Spike is beaten inside his business and left comatose.
Another mystery unfolds - someone is desperately trying to learn where the greyhound dog is that Uncle Spike has
left in her care.
With several stories going along at the same time for Tess, the end brings unforeseen conclusions to
everything and a few surprises. The way in which Tess handles her boyfriend, Crow, makes you want to yell at the
book or get on the phone and tell her to stop before she makes a mistake. Charm City has a way of drawing
you in when you least expect it. |
The Reviewer |
Michelle Shealy |
Reviewed 2008 |
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