The Sugar House(Tess Monaghan‪)‬

Laura Lippman won the Nero Wolfe Award for this powerful mystery. Former journalist turned P.I. Tess Monaghan thought she knew Baltimore like the back of her hand-but what she doesn't know just might kill her in this grim yet irresistible novel. ". a rare find: a puzzle so finely calibrated that each new disclosure brings revelation and deepening mystery at the same time ." -Kirkus Reviews