Rent In a Strange City: A Tess Monaghan Novel

Synopsis

In award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's latest novel featuring Tess Monaghan—first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues—the fearless PI now finds herself the target of a psychopath who knows everything about her.

It is a Charm City tradition—on the birth date of Edgar Allan Poe, a cloaked figure visits the writer's grave and leaves behind three roses and a half bottle of cognac. This year, private investigator Tess Monaghan is among the witnesses of the cherished rite. And on this frigid January night, two caped visitors approach Poe's resting place. One leaves his tribute and escapes. The other dies, felled by an assassin's bullet. Why was the imitator there?

Common sense tells Tess to stay out of it. But someone wants Tess involved in the murder investigation in the worst way. An anonymous stranger who leaves roses and cognac and cryptic clues on her doorstep; someone who knows her habits, her haunts . . . and what she knows. And suddenly home is a safe haven no longer.

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