Laura Lippman & Tess Monaghan: Women Detecting

Tess Monaghan Series

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

• 1Baltimore 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."
  For an audio version click Baltimore Blues (Unabridged audiobook iTunes) - Laura Lippman
• 2Charm 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."
  For an audio version click Charm City (Unabridged audiobook iTunes) - Laura Lippman
• 3Butchers Hill
  Winner of the Agatha and Anthony awards
  nominated for the Edgar, Shamus and Macavity
  For an audio version click
  
  This novel was inspired by a real-life Baltimore homicide.
• 4In Big Trouble
  Winner of the Anthony and Shamus awards,nominated for the Edgar and Agatha.
• 5The 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
  Again, for an audio version to purchase click:
• 6In 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."
  In a Strange City: Tess Monaghan Mysteries (Unabridged) - Laura Lippman
• 7The Last Place
  Tess agrees to look into a series of unsolved homicides.
• 8By a Spider's Thread
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• 9No 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.'"
• 10Another Thing to Fall
  "The California dream weavers have invaded Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their controversy. . . ."
• 11The Girl in the Green Raincoat
  --first published as serialized novel called in the New York Times Sunday magazine starting September 7, 2008. It features Laura's most popular character, Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan. Tess solves the mystery of the girl entirely from a chair without leaving her home.
  
  I listened to the audio version of this short novel and absolutely loved it. It is available for the Kindle as well.
  The audio for The Girl in the Green Raincoat is available at:
  
• 12Just for fun--not really a book but a "how to" for reading Kindle books on a Nook: