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Laura Lippman
(b.1959)Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working full-time and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Tess Monaghan
1. Baltimore Blues (1997)
2. Charm City (1997)
3. Butchers Hill (1998)
4. In Big Trouble (1999)
5. The Sugar House (2000)
6. In A Strange City (2001)
7. The Last Place (2002)
8. By a Spider's Thread (2004)
9. No Good Deeds (2006)
10. Another Thing to Fall (2008)
11. The Girl in the Green Raincoat (2011)
12. Hush Hush (2012)
The Tess Chronicles (2018)
Tess Monaghan: A Mysterious Profile (2022)
1. Baltimore Blues (1997)
2. Charm City (1997)
3. Butchers Hill (1998)
4. In Big Trouble (1999)
5. The Sugar House (2000)
6. In A Strange City (2001)
7. The Last Place (2002)
8. By a Spider's Thread (2004)
9. No Good Deeds (2006)
10. Another Thing to Fall (2008)
11. The Girl in the Green Raincoat (2011)
12. Hush Hush (2012)
The Tess Chronicles (2018)
Tess Monaghan: A Mysterious Profile (2022)
Novels
Every Secret Thing (2003)
To the Power of Three (2005)
What the Dead Know (2007)
aka Little Sister
Life Sentences (2009)
I'd Know You Anywhere (2010)
aka Don't Look Back
The Most Dangerous Thing (2011)
aka The Innocents
And When She Was Good (2012)
After I'm Gone (2014)
Wilde Lake (2016)
Sunburn (2018)
Lady in the Lake (2019)
Dream Girl (2021)
Prom Mom (2023)
To the Power of Three (2005)
What the Dead Know (2007)
aka Little Sister
Life Sentences (2009)
I'd Know You Anywhere (2010)
aka Don't Look Back
The Most Dangerous Thing (2011)
aka The Innocents
And When She Was Good (2012)
After I'm Gone (2014)
Wilde Lake (2016)
Sunburn (2018)
Lady in the Lake (2019)
Dream Girl (2021)
Prom Mom (2023)
Collections
Hardly Knew Her (2008)
The Accidental Detective (2012)
Femme Fatale and Other Stories (2012)
Different for Girls (2018)
Nasty Girls (2018)
The Weaker Sex (2018)
Seasonal Work (2022)
The Accidental Detective (2012)
Femme Fatale and Other Stories (2012)
Different for Girls (2018)
Nasty Girls (2018)
The Weaker Sex (2018)
Seasonal Work (2022)
Picture Books
Novellas and Short Stories
Arm and the Woman (2009)
The Babysitter's Code (2009)
Black-Eyed Susan (2009)
The Crack Cocaine Diet (2009)
Dear Penthouse Forum (2009)
Easy as A-B-C (2009)
Femme Fatale (2009)
A Good Fuck Spoiled (2009)
Honor Bar (2009)
One True Love (2009)
Pony Girl (2009)
Ropa Vieja (2009)
Scratch a Woman (2009)
The Shoeshine Man's Regrets (2009)
What He Needed (2009)
Five Fires (2014)
The Babysitter's Code (2009)
Black-Eyed Susan (2009)
The Crack Cocaine Diet (2009)
Dear Penthouse Forum (2009)
Easy as A-B-C (2009)
Femme Fatale (2009)
A Good Fuck Spoiled (2009)
Honor Bar (2009)
One True Love (2009)
Pony Girl (2009)
Ropa Vieja (2009)
Scratch a Woman (2009)
The Shoeshine Man's Regrets (2009)
What He Needed (2009)
Five Fires (2014)
Non fiction
Omnibus editions
Series contributed to
Awards
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Laura Lippman recommends
Beware the Woman (2023)
Megan Abbott
"Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at her best, which is about as good as it gets. A modern-day Gothic, it is chilling and creepy, feverish and surreal, and compulsively readable."
I Have Some Questions for You (2023)
Rebecca Makkai
"Some books are so universal that they feel bizarrely specific: I read I Have Some Questions for You as if it was written just for me, but I can't imagine who wouldn't love it. Timely, provocative, nuanced, generous-Rebecca Makkai astonishes once again with the perfect combination of brains and heart."
The World Cannot Give (2022)
Tara Isabella Burton
"THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE is the perfect book for anyone who loves A SEPARATE PEACE, anyone who hates A SEPARATE PEACE and anyone who has never read A SEPARATE PEACE. It is at once wonderfully old-fashioned yet thrillingly modern, rich in setting and character, specific and universal. In short: I loved it."
Like a Sister (2022)
Kellye Garrett
"Kellye Garrett, a break-out star in crime fiction since her debut, has upped the ante with her latest, Like a Sister. A traditional mystery set in the world of reality television and Instagram influencers, it is equal parts charm and heartbreak, with razor-sharp insights on class, race, and family. I'm happy to know that Kellye Garrett is just getting started. I can't wait to see what she does next."
What's Done in Darkness (2021)
Laura McHugh
"Laura McHugh is already on everyone’s short list of crime writers to watch for, someone who just goes from strength to strength. What’s Done in Darkness is timely, but more important, it’s a deeply empathetic look at a community and place that are all too easy to stereotype. Compulsively, propulsively readable, it never loses sight of what’s really at stake for its characters—or its readers."
Bad Habits (2021)
Amy Gentry
"It is almost impossible to find the words for a truly original novel such as Bad Habits, a primal scream of a book that could be written only by this author at this time. Amy Gentry is in utter control of this anaconda of a story as it twists, squeezes and lashes out at the reader. And all the reader can do is stare helplessly back, mesmerized. In case it’s not clear, I loved it."
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