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Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() By the following Friday I was frantically refreshing my library’s e-book site to see if it was my turn to read the third book in the series. A month later, I’ve already read the first seven Tess Monaghan books. Patience is not a virtue for me when it comes to reading.Įach novel I’ve read features complex cases that tackle universal themes like greed, love, and power. I started on Baltimore Blues, the first book in the series, on a Saturday. ![]() It turns out my fellow readers were right – I love this series. And three: it’s filled with well-plotted twists and turns, as any good crime novels worth their salt should be. ![]() Two: the series serves as a sort of love letter to Baltimore, which I’ve called home for close to a decade now. One: it features a female journalist-turned-private investigator, and I always prefer a female protagonist, especially one in a stereotypically male role. When I learned that Laura Lippman was going to serve as the honorary chair for the Maryland Humanities Council’s One Maryland One Book program this year, I got the final push I needed to start her popular Tess Monaghan series as my summer reading.įor years, I had been hearing from fellow discerning readers that this series would appeal to me on several levels. ![]()
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