In a Strange City: A Tess Monaghan Novel - Brossura

Lippman, Laura

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ISBN 10: 0062403265 ISBN 13: 9780062403261

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2016

Riassunto

In award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman’s latest novel featuring Tess Monaghan—first introduced in the classicBaltimore Blues—the fearless PI now finds herself the target of a psychopath who knows everything about her.

It is a Charm City tradition—on the birth date of Edgar Allan Poe, a cloaked figure visits the writer’s grave and leaves behind three roses and a half bottle of cognac. This year, private investigator Tess Monaghan is among the witnesses of the cherished rite. And on this frigid January night, two caped visitors approaching Poe’s resting place. One leaves his tribute and escapes. The other dies, felled by an assassin’s bullet. Why was the imitator there?

Common sense tells Tess to stay out of it. But someone wants Tess involved in the murder investigation in the worst way. An anonymous stranger who leaves roses and cognac and cryptic clues on her doorstep; someone who knows her habits, her haunts . . . and what she knows. And suddenly home is a safe haven no longer.

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L'autore:

Since Laura Lippman's debut in 1997, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the "essential" crime writers of the last 100 years. Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her family.

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It is a Charm City tradition—an annual visit to the Baltimore gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe on the renowned author’s birthday by a mysterious cloaked figure bearing gifts of three roses and a half bottle of cognac. This year, private investigator Tess Monaghan is among the witnesses of the locally cherished rite. And on this frigid January night, she sees two caped visitors approaching Poe’s resting place. One leaves his tribute and escapes. The other dies there, felled by an assassin’s bullet. Curiosity brought Tess here to observe the desecration—and common sense tells her to lay low in its wake. But someone wants Tess involved in the murder investigation in the worst way. An anonymous stranger who leaves roses and cognac and cryptic clues on her doorstep; someone who knows her habits, her haunts . . . and what she knows. And suddenly home is a safe haven no longer.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062403265
• ISBN 13: 9780062403261
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 404