Butchers Hill
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4.5 • 14 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
'An imaginative, well-plotted mystery' Sun Sentinel
'A great read with so much excitement! WOW!' 5* reader review
WINNER OF ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD
NOMINATED FOR MACAVITY AWARD
A TESS MONAGHAN MYSTERY
In walks Luther Beale, the notorious vigilante who, five years ago, shot a boy for vandalising his car. Just out of prison, he wants to make reparations to the kids who witnessed his crime, and he needs PI Tess Monaghan to find them.
But once Tess starts snooping, the witnesses start dying. Is the 'Butcher of Butchers Hill' at it again?
'One of the finest writers in America.' MARK BILLINGHAM
'One of my favourite Tess books so far. . . it's beautiful' 5* reader review
'This one brought tears to my eyes and touched me like no other book of its kind!' 5* reader review
PRAISE FOR THE TESS MONAGHAN SERIES
'Tess is a heroine with a nose for what she is not being told, and she is never content with half the story. These Baltimore novels are effective thrillers, because they are stories about wanting to know what happens next.' Times Literary Supplement
'Whip smart female protagonist, gritty Baltimore setting. Loved Tess!' 5* reader review
'Readers won't be able to resist Tess, who, like one of Baltimore's famous crabs, sports a tough shell that hides a sweet centre.' BOOKLIST
'Digestible, fun, tense' NPR
'In this series, Lippman has developed sturdy tales, wry humour, and snappy dialogue wrapped around an insider's view of Baltimore.' SUN-SENTINEL
'Tess, is a ballsy, free-spirited woman who thinks on her feet and has a commanding physical presence. . . Highly recommend' 5* reader review
'What fun! I discovered a new (to me) mystery series. Tess Monaghan is a terrific main character.' 5* reader review
'I really have fallen in love with Tess Monaghan. These mystery novels well deserve the awards Lippman has won.' 5* reader review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Tess Monaghan, newspaperwoman turned sleuth, makes it official with a new business as a PI in a run-down section of Baltimore, Butchers Hill. Her first clients--an elderly man known as the Butcher of Butchers Hill and a highly successful female professional fund-raiser--present the first dilemma. Tess needs a cover, reluctantly supplied by Client 2, in order to get access to information on the ghetto for Client 1. The process of finding diverse missing persons starts Monaghan and her two black clients on sometimes prickly discourse involving race. As in Baltimore Blues and Charm City, dialogue is on the mark, accompanied by lively observations about female entrepreneurship, adoption, foster home rackets, and quirky Baltimore natives and neighborhoods. A bittersweet, perfectly plausible ending winds things up.
