Charm City - Tess Monaghan Novel

Informationen zum Autor Since Laura Lippman’s debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the “essential” crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her “special, even extraordinary,” and Gillian Flynn wrote, “She is simply a brilliant novelist.” Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager. Klappentext Reporter-turned-p.i. Tess Monaghan loves every inchof her native Baltimore—a quirky city where baseball reigns, and homicide seems to be the second most popular sport. Business tycoon “Wink” Wynkowski wants to change all of that by bringing pro-basketball back to town—a laudable mission that’s greeted with widespread cheers . . . and a muckraking front page exposé of his past in the Baltimore Beacon-Light . The “ Blight’s ” surprised editors are sure they killed the piece. Instead, the piece kills Wynkowski, who’s discovered asphyxiated in his garage with his car’s engine running. Now the paper wants former newshound Tess to track down the rogue computer hacker whose prank took a human life. But there’s more than cyber-crime involved here—and Tess is about to discover firsthand that trying to stay alive in Charm City is murder these days. Zusammenfassung Reporter-turned-p.i. Tess Monaghan loves every inchof her native Baltimore—a quirky city where baseball reigns, and homicide seems to be the second most popular sport. Business tycoon “Wink” Wynkowski wants to change all of that by bringing pro-basketball back to town—a laudable mission that’s greeted with widespread cheers . . . and a muckraking front page exposé of his past in the Baltimore Beacon-Light . The “ Blight’s ” surprised editors are sure they killed the piece. Instead, the piece kills Wynkowski, who’s discovered asphyxiated in his garage with his car’s engine running. Now the paper wants former newshound Tess to track down the rogue computer hacker whose prank took a human life. But there’s more than cyber-crime involved here—and Tess is about to discover firsthand that trying to stay alive in Charm City is murder these days. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Laura Lippman
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.11.2011
• EAN: 9780062070760
• ISBN: 978-0-06-207076-0
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 106 mm x 191 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Tess Monaghan Novel; Tess Monaghan Novel
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli > Polizieschi, thriller, spionaggio; Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION: Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators