Charm City

In New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman’s
electrifying thriller PI Tess Monaghan discovers she
might’ve gotten herself into a dangerous situation for
which there’s no way out. . . . PI Tess Monaghan is
ecstatic to hear the news that business tycoon Gerard
“Wink” Wynkowski wants to bring pro-basketball back to
Baltimore. But when Wink’s checkered past—which runs the
gamut from domestic abuse and compulsive gambling to armed
robberies and even manslaughter—makes the front page of
the Baltimore Beacon-Light aka the “Blight” his project is
jeopardized. No one is more surprised at the expos? than
the editors of the paper who were certain they killed the
piece. Hoping to uncover who hacked into their computers
the newspaper hires Tess. But soon after the story on Wink
runs he’s found asphyxiated in his garage with his car’s
engine running. Suicide appears to be the cause of his
death—and everyone is blaming the “Blight” for airing his
dirty laundry and sending him into the downward spiral
that led to his demise. But the more Tess uncovers about
Wink the more she’s convinced that someone with an axe to
grind wanted him dead and was willing to go as far as
murdering him. And if this all weren’t enough to keep her
plate full Tess must also find the lowlifes who roughed up
her uncle—the same men who are intent on getting back a
prized Greyhound dog which she’s currently looking after
while her uncle recuperates. Now as Tess’s PI skills are
put to the ultimate test she must stay one step ahead of a
diabolical קרא פחות