Laura Lippman & Tess Monaghan: Women Detecting

Tess Monaghan Series 

All information (quotes and such) comes from Laura Lippman's website

1. Baltimore Blues
   Nominated for a Shamus for best first novel. "This novel infuriated some readers because Tess was a mopey incompetent as a private investigator. But it was her first case. She got better."
2. Charm City
   Winner of the Edgar and Shamus awards,
   nominated for the Anthony.
   "The novel also details the strange power that professional sports teams have over cities -- perhaps because it was written during the time Baltimore kidnapped the Cleveland Browns and turned them into the Ravens."
3. Butchers Hill
   Winner of the Agatha and Anthony awards
   nominated for the Edgar, Shamus and Macavity
   
   This novel was inspired by a real-life Baltimore homicide.
4. In Big Trouble
   Winner of the Anthony and Shamus awards,nominated for the Edgar and Agatha.
5. The Sugar House
   Cited as one of the best mystery novels of the year by the Washington Post, the London Times, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and Amazon.com
6. In a Strange City
   "It's a well-known Baltimore ritual: Every year, on Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a mysterious figure visits the writer's grave, leaving behind three roses and a bottle of cognac. When Tess gets wind of a plot to unmask the so-called Poe Toaster, she decides to stand guard. To her amazement, two visitors approach -- and one is shot and killed."
7. The Last Place
   Tess agrees to look into a series of unsolved homicides.
8. By a Spider's Thread
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9. No Good Deeds
   "Time and time again Tess is reminded of her father's old joke, the one about the most terrifying sentence in the English language: 'We're from the government -- and we're here to help.'"
10. What the Dead Know
    I really liked this book."Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who-or what-could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? "
11. Another Thing to Fall
    "The California dream weavers have invaded Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their controversy. . . ."
12. The Girl in the Green Raincoat (click here to read it)--a serialized novel called The Girl in the Green Raincoat, running in the New York Times Sunday magazine starting September 7, 2008. It features Laura's most popular character, Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan.