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In a Strange City (Tess Monaghan, Bk 6)
In a Strange City - Tess Monaghan, Bk 6
Author: Laura Lippman
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 Januar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380810239
ISBN-10: 0380810239
Publication Date: 10/1/2002
Pages: 400
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3.8 stars, based on 66 ratings
Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Love Laura Lippman, love this series. Set in Baltimore and full of details, this entry explores the Poe history of the city in a well plotted, well written PI mystery in the tradition of Marcia Muller.
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I used to live in Baltimore so the many places mentioned in this book were familiar to me. I have also been facinated by the Poe Toaster legend and of course that was part of this story. This is another in the Tess Monaghan series and is one of her best I think.
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Laura gets better and more intense. Edgar Allen Poe is featured in this Baltimore volume. It's a Charm City tradition: annual visit to EAP's gravesite...Tess and Crow watch this year and.......

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I love every book in this series. Great mystery and you can learn a little about Edgar Allan Poe.
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"Every winter on the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, a mysterious cloaked figure pays a visit to the renowned author's Baltimore gravesite bearing...three roses and a half bottle of cognac. P.I. Tess Monaghan is amonng the witnesses watching on a frigid January night - and 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...." (from back cover) Good mystery that sustains interest.
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I want to be Tess Monaghan. Laura Lippman deserves all of the accolades she's garnered for this series.

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