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Pros
In a strange city is witty and dark and quick-paced and has characters that are real and fantastic. Lippman combines character and a fascinating plot to serve up yet another award-worthy story. But that is not the end of the story because the visitor ... Read More
Pi tess monaghan turns down a would-be client who wants her to unmask the poe toaster, a mysterious person who visits edgar allan poe's gravesite each year with three roses and half a bottle of cognac. Poe or his remains anyway, are center stage for a... Read More
In a strange city, laura lippman once again features the uniquness of baltimore as seen through the eyes of one of its own. This is the sixth book in the tess monaghan series. Each book follows a different oddity in the life of tess monaghan.
Cons
I felt it was more about authorial convenience in advancing the plot than true characterization.
Highlights
Quality
She is a real charmer and an authentic product of americas most authentic city charm city baltimore maryland
As usual lippmans writing is firstrate and her beloved baltimore is rendered perfectly
A shot is fired and a cloaked figure falls mortally wounded
One dies from a bullet the other escapes
Packaging/appearance
Mysterious notes appear along with roses or rose petals from an unknown individual attempting to enlist her aid
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strange, many and best. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 17.4% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 124 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 2 2024.
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I do love lippmans baltimore
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Its prompted me to do some research on baltimore
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This review refers to the audio version
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An antiques dealer tries to hire tess into finding who the visitor is and unmasking him because the visitor has something that belongs to him and the only way he can get it is to threaten him with exposure
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Tess declines but is curious and she and boyfriend crow camp out in frigid weather to watch the yearly ritual
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But a second visitorsomeone dressed nearly identicallyshows up and is shot dead by someone also watching
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When the dead man is revealed to be a gay man the press including an old acquaintance of tesss try to tie it in to another hate crime that occurred a few weeks previously
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Tess now fully interested in the case but without a real client digs around anywayand then she starts getting roses cognac and letters in an antiquelooking font with clues as to where she needs to go
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